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Battle of Rorke's Drift

The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also known as the Defence of Rorke's Drift, was an engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War. The successful defence of the mission station of Rorke's Drift, under the command of Lieutenants John Chard of the Royal Engineers and Gonville Bromhead, followed Britain's defeat at the Battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879 and continued into the following day.
Just over 150 British and colonial troops defended the station against attacks by 3,000 to 4,000 Zulu warriors. The massive but piecemeal attacks by the Zulu on Rorke's Drift came very close to defeating the much smaller garrison, but were repelled. Eleven Victoria Crosses were awarded to the defenders, along with a number of other decorations and honours.

I've read lots of stuff about this battle. you read about camaron in mexico? amazing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Camar%C3%B3n

On 30 April, at 01:00, the 3rd company — 62 Legionnaires and three Legion officers — was en route from Chiquihuite for Palo Verde, 6 hours and 22 miles away.[1]:26 At 05:45, they reached Camerone and the La Trinidad Hacienda, its 50 meter long walls forming a square, enclosing a two-story ranch house on the north and an open stable on the south, long ago abandoned.[1]:36

They reached Palo Verde as planned by 07:00, and proceeded to prepare their morning coffee.[1]:39–40 Coffee was interrupted by the sighting around 08:00 of Mexican cavalry, Capt. Tomas Algonzanas' Cotaxtla Squadron of 250 rancheros, to the north heading to the southeast, but they continued southward, passing the road a half mile away.[1]:41–43 Seeking a more defensible position, Danjou moved his men back west, along the forest north of the road, to the hacienda's ten foot walls.[1]:37,42 Milán, meanwhile, decided he must eliminate Danjou's men, before they could discover the size of Milán's forces and their planned ambush of the convoy.[1]:48 Milán sent his dragoon squadron and four infantry battalions to join Algonzana's lancers.[1]:49 Danjou's plan was to draw the Mexican forces away from the convoy.[1]:48 The Legionnaires reached the hacienda by 09:00.[1]:50

Danjou decided to proceed west on the road towards Paseo del Macho, but had only proceeded a short distance before discovering Algonzana's cavalrymen north of the road, whereupon Danjou ordered his men to form a hollow square.[1]:54 Charging in two columns, the Mexicans "were stopped short" by salvos, and then withdrew, allowing the 3rd to withdraw to the cactus-filled ditch on the south side of the road, and make their way back to the hacienda.[1]:56–57 However, on the way, sixteen of Danjou's men were captured, and Danjou faced another Mexican cavalry charge sweeping around the south side of the hacienda.[1]:58 This second charge was again met by rifle fire from Danjou's square, forcing the Mexicans to ride away.[1]:59 Upon reaching the hacienda, the Legionnaires were surprised to discover Mexicans occupying the ranch house.[1]:61

Milán arrived with the dragoons at about the same time the bullion convoy headed back to La Soledad, after being warned of the 3rd's difficulties.[1]:66 Seeing that he was totally surrounded, Capt. Danjou "urged his men to take an oath to fight to the death rather than surrender...he made them swear their fealty on his wooden hand.[1]:69 Danjou then shared his bottle of wine, and encouraged his men with "those noble words that warm one's heart and makes the final sacrifice less difficult to face."[1]:70

Captain Danjou's prosthetic hand is now the Legion's most venerated relic
Milán sent Capt. Ramon Laine to negotiate a surrender,[1]:67 who explained to Danjou, "you will be needlessly slaughtered."[1]:70 Danjou replied that he "had plenty of ammunition and shall continue to fight." [1]:70 Whereupon, at about 11:00, the Mexicans charged the gateways on the west end of the hacienda, and the breach on the south.[1]:71 Though the attack was held off, Danjou was hit in the chest and soon died.[1]:75 Lieutenant Vilain assumed command.[1]:76 Casualties mounted on both sides, but amongst the Legionnaires, "water and food, the two most required necessities, were not to be found. Thirst, heat exhaustion, and sunstroke had replaced them."[1]:77 Their mules had run off after the first encounter with the Mexican cavalry, and then Col. Milán's Center Brigade infantry, 1200-1400 men, arrived at the hacienda.[1]:56,78 When Capt. Laine offered the legionnaires a second chance to surrender, Sergeant Vincent Morzycki responded in the spirit of Pierre Cambronne, with "Merde".[1]:79 After four hours of fighting, thirty-two Legionnaires remained fighting.[1]:81 By 14:00, only twenty could still fight.[1]:83 At 14:30, Lt. Vilain was struck dead and Lieutenant Maudet took command.[1]:84

By 17:00, the roof of the ranch house had been burned away, the Legionnaires were down to twelve men, and Col. Milan ordered his men out of the hacienda, and offered the Legionnaires a third chance to surrender.[1]:85–86 In the next onslaught, Corporals Everiste Burg, Karl Magnin and Heinrich Pinzinger, plus fusiliers Leon Gorski and Hippolyte Kunnasseg were captured.[1]:86–87 By 17:30, only Lt. Maudet's men remained in the stable.[1]:87

By 18:00, with ammunition exhausted, the last of Danjou's men, numbering only five, including Lt. Maudet, desperately mounted a bayonet charge.[1]:90 Two men fell outright, while the rest were surrounded.[1]:91 One of them, Victor Catteau, had leapt in front of Maudet in an effort to protect him, and died in the Mexican barrage.[1]:91 Major Campos ordered the Legionnaires to surrender, to which Corporal Phillipe Maine answered, "We will surrender if you leave us our weapons and our equipment. You also have to promise to take care of our wounded lieutenant."[1]:91

When Campos brought the trio to Milán, he asked, "Is this all of them? Is this all of the men who are left?" Then, in amazement, he exclaimed, "These are not men! They are demons!"[1]:92–93