‘A Zulu Scout’

1879

Illustrated London News (26 July 1879), supplement, 79.

This powerful image represents a Zulu scout spying on the British. This tactic was hugely successful – at key moments in the war the British were unable to locate the Zulu forces, but the Zulus always seemed to know the movements of the British, on several occasions mounting an ambush. [Commentary continues below.]

Image scan and text by Simon Cooke. Click on the image to enlarge it.]

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