A rare eyewitness account by one of the British heroes of the Battle of Rorke's Drift - where 150 soldiers fought off 4,000 Zulu warriors - has sold for £15,500 at auction. Assistant Commissary Officer (ACO) Walter Dunne's letter, dated January 24, 1879, describes how he and a vastly outnumbered group of soldiers successfully defended the outpost in South Africa. The ACO was recommended for the Victoria Cross for his role in the heroic stand, which was later immortalised in the 1964 film Zulu, starring Michael Caine and Stanley Baker. Remarkable: 135 years after Rorke's Drift this letter, left, by Walter Dunne, right, has sold at auction
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Authentic, first-hand account of battle in South Africa sells for £15,000
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Battle involved outnumbered soldiers fending off 4,000 Zulu warriors
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It was described in a letter written by  army hero Walter Dunne
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Mr Dunne's letter has now been sold at auction for £15,000 to a museum
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The battle was immortalised in the 1964 film Zulu starring Michael Caine
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