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Posted on 2/13/19 at 2:54 pm
Posted on 2/13/19 at 2:54 pm
We are almost two weeks in and don't have a thread yet?
Shameful.
Post black history here.
Shameful.
Post black history here.
This post was edited on 2/13/19 at 2:55 pm
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Posted on 2/13/19 at 3:10 pm to KSGamecock
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The Battle of Isandlwana (alternative spelling: Isandhlwana) on 22 January 1879 was the first major encounter in the Anglo–Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Eleven days after the British commenced their invasion of Zululand in South Africa, a Zulu force of some 20,000 warriors attacked a portion of the British main column consisting of about 1,800 British, colonial and native troops and perhaps 400 civilians.[12] The Zulus were equipped mainly with the traditional assegai iron spears and cow-hide shields,[13] but also had a number of muskets and old rifles[14].[15] The British and colonial troops were armed with the modern[16] Martini-Henry breech-loading rifle and two 7-pounder (3-inch, 76 mm) mountain guns deployed as field guns,[17][18] as well as a Hale rocket battery. Despite a vast disadvantage in weapons technology,[19] the numerically superior Zulus ultimately overwhelmed the poorly led and badly deployed[20] British, killing over 1,300 troops, including all those out on the forward firing line. The Zulu army suffered anywhere from 1,000 to 2,500 killed.[21]
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An officer in advance from Chelmsford's force gave this eyewitness account of the final stage of the battle at about 3:00pm. "In a few seconds we distinctly saw the guns fired again, one after the other, sharp. This was done several times – a pause, and then a flash – flash! The sun was shining on the camp at the time, and then the camp looked dark, just as if a shadow was passing over it. The guns did not fire after that, and in a few minutes all the tents had disappeared."
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Nearly the same moment is described in a Zulu warrior's account. "The sun turned black in the middle of the battle; we could still see it over us, or should have thought we had been fighting till evening. Then we got into the camp, and there was a great deal of smoke and firing. Afterwards the sun came out bright again."
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Of the 1,700-plus force of British troops and African auxiliaries, about 1,300 were killed, most of them Europeans, including field commanders Pulleine and Durnford. Only five Imperial officers survived, and the 52 officers lost was the most lost by any British battalion up to that time. Amongst those killed was Surgeon Major Peter Shepherd, a first-aid pioneer.[69] The Natal Native Contingent lost some 400 men, and there were 240 lost from the group of 249 amaChunu African auxiliaries.[70] Perhaps the last to die was Gabangaye, the portly chief of the amaChunu Natal Native Contingent, who was given over to be killed by the udibi (porter or carrier) boys. The captured Natal Native Contingent soldiers were regarded as traitors by the Zulu and executed.[71]
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Posted on 2/13/19 at 3:10 pm to KSGamecock
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The Battle of Ulundi took place at the Zulu capital of Ulundi on 4 July 1879 and was the last major battle of the Anglo-Zulu War. The British army broke the military power of the Zulu nation by defeating the main Zulu army and immediately afterwards capturing and razing the capital of Zululand, the royal kraal of Ulundi.
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On 3 July, with negotiations having broken down, Colonel Buller led a cavalry force across the river to reconnoitre the ground beyond. A party of Zulus were seen herding goats near the Mbilane stream and troopers moved to round them up. On a hunch, Buller bellowed an order for them to stop and prepare to fire from the saddle. His instinct proved right, for 3,000 Zulus rose from the long grass at that moment and fired a fusillade, before charging forth.
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he British, having learned a bitter lesson at Isandlwana, would take no chances meeting the Zulu army in the open with their normal line of battle such as the 'Thin Red Line' of Balaclava fame. Their advance would begin at first light, prior to forming his infantry into a large hollow square,[13] with mounted troops covering the sides and rear. Neither wagon laagers nor trenches would be used, to convince both the Zulus and critics that a British square could “beat them fairly in the open”.
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Charges were made by the Zulus, in an attempt to get within close range, but they could not prevail against the British fire. There were a number of casualties within the square to Zulu marksmen, but the British firing did not waver and no warrior was able to get within 30 yards of the British ranks. The Zulu reserve force now rose and charged against the south-west corner of the square. Nine-pounders tore great chunks out of this body while the infantry opened fire. The speed of the charge made it seem as if the Zulu reserves would get close enough to engage in hand-to-hand combat but no warrior reached the British ranks.
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After half an hour of concentrated fire from the artillery, the Gatling Guns and thousands of British rifles, Zulu military power was broken. British casualties were ten killed and eighty-seven wounded, while nearly five hundred Zulu dead were counted around the square;[15] another 1,000 or more were wounded. Chelmsford ordered the Royal Kraal of Ulundi to be burnt – the capital of Zululand burned for days.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 3:14 pm to thatguy45
What do I win?
Posted on 2/13/19 at 3:22 pm to thatguy45
I posted this on the OTL at the start of BHM.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 3:24 pm to Cheese Grits
I don't go on OTL much, so I wasn't aware.
How many responses you get?
How many responses you get?
Posted on 2/13/19 at 3:31 pm to thatguy45
Just because I FFE (Fire for Effect) does not mean I go back and look at the body count.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 4:34 pm to KSGamecock
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Post black history here.
When I was working in retail as a teenager there was this late 30's-early 40's black lady that was a pharmacist.
She was married to a white guy 10 years her junior.
She was fine.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 6:02 pm to KSGamecock
A guy decides to do something nice for his girlfriend before they leave on vacation so he gets her name tattooed on his penis. He comes home and shows it to her. She looks at it and says, "That's great, sweetie, but what is 'Wy'?" He tells her to rub it and as she does she sees it actually reads "Wendy." When they arrive at Montego Bay, the couple are walking along a nude beach and the boyfriend notices a black guy with "Wy" on his penis. He asks the man if he also has a girlfriend named Wendy. The black guy laughs and says, "Nah, mon, mine says 'Welcome to Jamaica have a nice day.'"
Posted on 2/13/19 at 6:19 pm to KSGamecock
My family had a black maid when I was a kid. She was a talented cook. It all went bad after she killed her boyfriend and went to prison.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 6:42 pm to KSGamecock
Team,
While your contributions are valued and appreciated, going forward please focus on POSITIVE black history, preferably of African Americans from the United States and not from Africa. Personal anecdotes and jokes, if positive, are welcome but please remember that this is a solemn time of year when we focus on past and present injustices, the fight for equity, and the bright shining spirit of black peoples of color. If you can’t participate in good faith or constructively please refrain from posting.
Thank you.
V/R
KSG
While your contributions are valued and appreciated, going forward please focus on POSITIVE black history, preferably of African Americans from the United States and not from Africa. Personal anecdotes and jokes, if positive, are welcome but please remember that this is a solemn time of year when we focus on past and present injustices, the fight for equity, and the bright shining spirit of black peoples of color. If you can’t participate in good faith or constructively please refrain from posting.
Thank you.
V/R
KSG
This post was edited on 2/13/19 at 6:45 pm
Posted on 2/13/19 at 6:50 pm to KSGamecock
When is......
Never mind
Never mind
Posted on 2/13/19 at 7:03 pm to KSGamecock
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While your contributions are valued and appreciated, going forward please focus on POSITIVE black history
I found every post in this thread to be AIDS positive
Posted on 2/13/19 at 7:08 pm to thatguy45
Which, along with crack cocaine and civilian versions of compact sub machine guns, was developed by the CIA and the Republican Party to destroy the black community.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 7:15 pm to KSGamecock
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Which, along with crack cocaine and civilian versions of compact sub machine guns, was developed by the CIA and the Republican Party to destroy the black community.
Wouldn't surprise me if this is true since we got banned from testing stuff on 3rd world populations because muh human rights
Posted on 2/13/19 at 7:20 pm to thatguy45
They banned it because they knew they had a third world right here in America. They got a Baghdad in Chicago, the got a Afghanistan in LA. They know that they don’t need to be going over there. FLINT STILL DOESN”T HAVE WATER.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 7:22 pm to KSGamecock
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FLINT STILL DOESN”T HAVE WATER.
Takes time to replace dem pipes
Posted on 2/13/19 at 7:26 pm to thatguy45
Not this long. This is just one example of septic racism.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 7:48 pm to KSGamecock
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Post black history here.
In 1962, James Meredith became the first black student admitted to the University of Mississippi (against the university’s wishes). The case was tried in court, in which Meredith won. This sparked much controversy and riots in the Oxford area, but was an important moment in African American history.
Posted on 2/14/19 at 6:19 am to KSGamecock
George Zimmerman says hello
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