Fugitives' Drift - Anglo Zulu War of 1879 KwaZulu Natal South Africa
Fugitives' Drift (22nd January 1879) is the site where most of the British soldiers fleeing from the Battle of Isandlwana were to cross the flooded Buffalo River. The most famous incidence is the saving of the Queens Colour of the 1/24th regiment by Lt Melville and then the mutual courage of Lt's Melville and Coghill in trying to assist each other, these two officers being the first to be awarded the VC posthumously. This happend 28 years after the Battle of Isandlwana.
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