See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN ROUSE MERRIOTT See also:

• CHARD
• JOHN ROUSE MERRIOTT CHARD (1847-1897)

CHARD (1847-1897)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Boxhill, near See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth, on the 21st of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1847, and in 1868 entered the Royal See also:

• ENGINEERS, MILITARY

Engineers . In 1878 See also:

• LIEUTENANT

Lieutenant See also:

• CHARD
• CHARD, JOHN ROUSE MERRIOTT (1847-1897)

Chard was ordered to See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa to take See also:

• PART

part in the Zulu See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, and was stationed at the small See also:

• POST

post of Rorke's See also:

• DRIFT (from "drive ")

Drift to protect the See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

bridges across the See also:

• BUFFALO

Buffalo See also:

• RIVER

river, and some sick men and stores . Here, with Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead (1856-1891) and eighty men of the 2nd 24th See also:

• FOOT

Foot, he heard, on the 22nd of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1879, of the disaster of See also:

• ISANDHLWANA

Isandhlwana from some fugitives who had escaped the slaughter . Believing that the victorious Zulus would See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to See also:

• CROSS

cross into See also:

• NATAL

Natal, they prepared, hastily, to hold the Drift until help should come . They barricaded and loopholed the old See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church and See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital, and improvised defences from wagons, See also:

• MEALIE

mealie sacks and bags of See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early in the afternoon they were attacked by more than 3000 Zulus, who, after See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours of desperate See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand-to-hand fighting, carried the See also:

• OUTER

outer defences, an inner See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall of See also:

• BISCUIT (pronounced according to the old spelling " bisket," a Fr. form from Lat. bis, twice, and coctum, cooked, in reference to the original method of preparation; cf. Ital. biscotto, Sp. bizcocho, &c.)

biscuit boxes, and the hospital, See also:

• ROOM

room by room . The See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison then retired to the See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone See also:

• KRAAL

kraal, and repulsed attack after attack through the See also:

• NIGHT

night . The next See also:

• MORNING

morning relieving forces appeared, and the enemy retired . The spirited See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of Rorke's Drift saved Natal from a Zulu invasion, and Chard's and Bromhead's gallantry was rewarded with the V.C. and immediate promotion to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain and See also:

• BREVET (a diminutive of the Fr. bref)

brevet-See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major . On Chard's return to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England he became a popular See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero . From 1893-1896 he commanded the Royal Engineers at See also:

• SINGAPORE (Malay, Singapiira, i.e. " The City of the Lion")

Singapore, and was made a See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel in 1897 . He died the same See also:

• YEAR

year at See also:

• HATCH
• HATCH, EDWIN (1835-1889)

Hatch-See also:

• BEAUCHAMP
• BEAUCHAMP, ALPHONSE DE

Beauchamp, near See also:

• TAUNTON
• TAUNTON, HENRY LABOUCHERE, BARON (1798–1869)

Taunton, on the 1st of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November .