It is January of 1879.
Four thousand warriors from King Cetshwayo\'s elite Undi.
While three columns of British soldiers and their African allies cross the uMzinyathi River to commence the invasion of the Zulu Kingdom, a handful of redcoats from B Company, 2/24th Regiment are left to guard the centre column\'s supply depot at Rorke\'s Drift.
On the morning of 22 January, the main camp at Isandlwana, just ten miles to the east, comes under attack from the entire Zulu army and is utterly destroyed.
It is January of 1879