There were around 1,350 British troops. The Zulu had 22,000 fighting ... At first I liked this song because it addressed the border war that was going on at the time. Now, though, I relate it ...

First published in 1880, just a year after the titular conflict took place, this account by Frances Colenso (1849–87) of the 1879 war between British settlers and the Zulu population in South Africa ...