23089 - German Infantry Advancing with Ammo Box Around 150 British defenders held

Around 150 British defenders held the mission station against several thousand Zulu warriors

and basic equipment on a crossbelt and waist belt

A soldier of the 24th Regiment of Foot (later the South Wales Borderers) in the act of reloading his musket while kneeling—a classic posture of 19th-century line infantry drill and combat technique

reduce exposure to enemy fire

2” designation suggests a specific step in a formalised drill sequence—military training systems of the time broke loading into numbered motions so entire ranks could reload simultaneously and efficiently under fire

23089 - German Infantry Advancing with Ammo Box Around 150 British defenders held