La course de Melvill Lieutenant pour enregistrer la couleur de la Reine, Bataille d'Isandhlwana, 22 janvier 1879, Anglo-Zulu War

• Contributeur: Historical Images Archive / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: M5E101
• Taille du fichier: 46 MB (5,5 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 3282 x 4902 px | 27,8 x 41,5 cm | 10,9 x 16,3 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 1901

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Illustration from The Life and Times of Queen Victoria published circa 1901. Info from wiki: Both the colours of the 2/24th were lost, while the Queen's colour of the 1/24th was carried off the field by Lieutenant Melvill on horseback but lost when he crossed the river, despite Lieutenant Coghill coming to his aid. Both Melvill and Coghill were killed after crossing the river, and would receive posthumous Victoria Crosses in 1907 as the legend of their gallantry grew, and, after twenty-seven years of steady campaigning by the late Mrs. Melvill (who had died in 1906), on the strength of Queen Victoria being quoted as saying that 'if they had survived they would have been awarded the Victoria Cross

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• 1300 soldats britanniques tués
• 22 janvier 1879
• bataille d'isandhlwana
• croix victoriennes à titre posthume
• dash avec les couleurs
• decisive zulu victory
• également orthographié isandlwana
• guerre anglo-zouloue
• lieutenant melvill essayant de sauver la couleur des reines
• tué après avoir traversé la rivière