The Anglo-Zulu War: An Interactive History

[GiantMonkeyMan]

Some Historical Info on the NNC:
I decided to give this infomation since Chelmsford would generally have known (being commander and all ).
In Chelmsfords column, there were three NNC battalions (as far as i can tell although there seems to have been extra troops) the first and second battalions were the best trained whereas the third was the least trained and enthused and was basically the most rushed battalion. The NNC were generally led by bad european officers and just as bad NCO's, which didn't help their morale. Only 1 in 10 were armed with rifles and the rest were armed as they normally would have been (the british governor basically acted as their 'war-chief' and raised them in tribal tradition). At Rhorke's Drift there were suppossedly about 100-150 NNC but as soon as they realised the Zulu were coming, they fled.

edit: forgot to say that there was basically twice as many NNC all together than British forces. (approximately)

Is there anything else you might want to know about your own forces? Since you don't know much about the Zulu (although you can guess/find out i suppose ) you can't ask about them.