Battle of Rorke's Drift day after the battle an improvised gallows was used "for hanging Zulus who were supposed to have behaved treacherously". Eleven Victoria Crosses were awarded to the defenders of Rorke's Drift, seven of them to soldiers of the 2nd/24th Foot – the most ever received for a single action by one regiment (although not, as commonly thought, the most awarded in a single action or the most in a day: sixteen were awarded for actions at the Battle of Inkerman, on 5 November 1854; twenty-eight were awarded as a result of the Second Relief of Lucknow, 14–22 November 1857). Four Distinguished
Kinetic military action Kinetic military action Kinetic military action is a euphemism for military action involving active warfare, usually including lethal force. "Kinetic" was used as a retronymic euphemism for military action in "Bush at War," a 2002 book by Bob Woodward. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld used the words "kinetic" and "non-kinetic" often. The phrase is now also commonly used as a contrast to cyber warfare. "Kinetic military action" was used by White House aide Ben Rhodes on March 23, 2011 to describe U.S. military action in Libya: This use was noted by news media: "'Kinetic military action' is still hell" and "Kinetic