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UNITS OF THE ZULU WAR 1879

UNITS OF THE ZULU WAR 1879

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Kaffrarian Vanguard

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Kaffrarian Vanguard

This irregular cavalry unit was initially set up as infantry rifleman. The lack of cavalry changed that. Set up by commandant Schermbrucker from German volunteers.he had served in the Crimean war and during the Zulu war the vanguard was created to protect German settlers near the Zulu border. Most of the recruits came from East London and consisted of just over 100 men only 40 being British. They signed up for 6 months and must have been surprised to become a cavalry unit when they reached Africa and were given horses. They wore black corduroy and hats with with puggarees and carried infantry rifles rather than carbines

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