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Special Forces of the Anglo-Zulu War: Meet the Frontier Light Horse

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Did you know that during the Anglo-Zulu War the British had a regiment whose tasks were very similar to those we would now class as Special Forces?

In this episode I interview Cam Simpson all about the men of the Frontier Light Horse - a tough, mounted regiment recruited in South Africa.

To order Cam's book on the unit visit https://www.selectbooks.co.za/

00:00 Intro

01:19 Baptism of fire - the Battle of Centane 7 February 1878

04:06 Major Redvers Buller takes command of the FLH

05:30 The Zulu War begins

07:24 Zungwini Mountain raid

12:30 Prince Hamu defects to the British

13:20 The Battle of Hlobane Mountain

29:20 Captain Cecil D’Arcy VC

30:42: The battle of Kambula (Khambula)

34:56 The 2nd Invasion of Zululand

35:58 The Battle of Ulundi

39:09 Regiment is disbanded

41:07 Were the FLH special forces?


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