First Boer War in the open at the Battle of Isandlwana. Shortly after the main battle, a British outpost at Rorke's Drift on the Zululand-Natal border, withstood a second Zulu attack with great losses to the Zulus with the British fighting defensively in and around the stone buildings of a small trading store which had been hastily fortified. After reinforcements arrived, the British won a series of skirmishes and eventually conquered the Zulu capital at Ulundi on 4 July 1879. This war to all intents and purposes signalled the end of the independent Zulu nation. The British consolidated their power over Natal, the
Esmeralda 1879 others, the bursting of the boilers of the Esmeralda, the Dantesque weather on the bridge during the battle and the final collapse of the ship. Esmeralda 1879 La Esmeralda, 1879 is a Chilean film about the naval Battle of Iquique, which took place on May 21, 1879 in the harbor of this coastal town in the Tarapacá Region. Directed by Elijah Llanos, it was released in 2010 after four years of recordings (2005-2009). The film was attended by about a thousand people, including 500 extras. 12 million was spent and was funded by the Chilean Navy, the Luksic family and