20185 - 24th Foot standing loading No.2 A soldier performing this action

A soldier performing this action would follow a strict sequence:

" to a German ultimatum to surrender on December 22

This type of drill was central to line infantry warfare during the 18th and 19th centuries

Around 150 British defenders held the mission station against several thousand Zulu warriors

20185 - 24th Foot standing loading No.2 A soldier performing this actionA British line infantry soldier of the 24th Regiment of Foot (later the South Wales Borderers) performing a standard musket loading drill in the standing position, likely as part of a numbered sequence of infantry firing steps used in training or battlefield re enactment. The 24th Regiment of Foot was a historic line infantry unit that served across the British Empire, including major colonial campaigns in southern Africa. In the era of smoothbore and