Rorkes Drift by Jason Askew. (GL) ART158 Richard Bong

Richard Bong

Commanding Officer 1st SAS Regiment devastated a German ambush and subsequently rescued wounded troops of his own unit who had been pinned down while on a reconnaissance mission for the 4th Canadian Armoured Division

The Gruppenkommandeur of II

and other rounds ripped through the starboard wing

Brevet Colonel A W Durnford Royal Engineers

Rorkes Drift by Jason Askew. (GL) ART158 Richard BongDHM1791GL. Rorkes Drift by Jason Askew. The painting depicts the climax of the Zulu attacks at the defence of Rorkes Drift. The Zulus were unable to effectively penetrate the mealie bag defenses at Rorkes Drift, even though they succeeded in burning down the hospital, and peppering the storehouse with bullet holes. The confined space available to the British garrison caused a certain degree of physical compression, but this in fact worked against the