Private Robert Adams was in the 150-strong British garrison that defied all odds to thwart an attack by 4,000 Zulu warriors in 1879. The 12-hour rearguard was immortalised in the epic 1964 film Zulu, ...

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Former longtime New York Post editor and novelist Robert Rorke — “a larger-than-life personality” known for his sardonic wit — died at home in Brooklyn on Aug. 12. He was 68. Rorke, a gregarious ...

Last week saw the 140th anniversary of the Battle of Rorke’s Drift. It was a battle that saw around 150 British and colonial troops successfully defend a small British mission station against a ...