Cruelty of Fate: The Fight for Khambula by James Mace

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/25320 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cruelty of Fate: The Fight for Khambula Series: The Anglo-Zulu War, Book 4 Author: James Mace Narrator: Jonathan Waters Format: mp3 Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins Release date: 12-04-19 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 27 ratings Genres: Africa Publisher's Summary: In late January 1879, following news of the terrible disaster to befall British forces at Isandlwana, Colonel Henry Evelyn Wood, commanding officer of the northern No. 4 Column, withdraws his forces to Khambula, near the Natal and Transvaal borders. Adding to their woes, the southern No. 1 Column finds itself trapped under siege at the abandoned mission station of Eshowe. The general officer commanding, Lord Chelmsford, orders Wood to continue harassing the Zulus, keeping the pressure off their central and southern forces while he rallies reinforcements to relieve Eshowe.