Quote Originally Posted by Conradus
Now that's not entirely true is it? The Impis lost at Rorke's Drift against far fewer British, but they had a favourable position. Most victories against Zulu's came through a good defence. At Isandlwana and other Zulu victories, the Zulu could use their superior speed to attack when the enemy was least prepared. When their opponents had guns and were properly organized, they lost.
The British lost at Isandlwana because they were overconfident and placed their defences to far apart, so it was mainly the falt of a bad commander (who paid his fault with his life ). The only other battles the zulu's could win were skirmish battles when they used guerilla-tactics.
The reason the zulu's never really changed the war in a full-guerilla was because they weren't united. The brother of the kind rebelled against the king with the aid of the british so the british only had to deal with the zulu's occasional and were then in a strong defence ( strongholds)