I live within 20 minute walking distance of Colour Sergeant Anthony Booth's grave. In fact, I visited his grave in January (2023). I had never heard of this gentleman until a few months ago. Can't believe he seems to be a forgotten local hero. I took some photos of his grave and intend to go back and put some flowers on his grave on the anniversary of the battle. Thank you for this video detailing the action.

Again a great story Chris. I could well imagine Booths fighting retreat from your description. A professional soldier with steely courage. Good on him.

Great video as always. Really enjoying this series of the Zulu war. When I was a young kid, I found a VHS copy of Zulu Dawn in my dads house and we watched it together and I loved it. Then he showed me Zulu as well. We’d watch both together lot’s of times because I really enjoyed them. He died in 2015, but I have lots of happy memories of sitting with him watching those films, and I still usually will watch them both once a year or so. Then when I got a bit older, I became interested in the war as a whole and love videos like this.

Very well done video. I had never heard of this battle. I would say, though, that the Zulu denying the British those 90K cartridges was fairly significant. Also, if Lt. Harwood wanted to get help, he should have put one of his men on his horse and sent him off while the lieutenant remained with his men. As for suggestions; how about a video detailing the siege of the Foreign Legations during the Boxer Rebellion? '55 Days at Peking' is one of my all-time favorite movies and I would enjoy hearing what the real siege was like.

I am amazed at the complexity of all the factors which can influence war, rain, politics and even cowardice. An excellent job, I love this channel and all of the history of the British Empire.

Another great presentation History Chap! Thank you for posting. Such soldiers as Sgt Booth make these lesser known battles worthy of being told and in my opinion, measure up to those battles of Rork's Drift and are deserving of their own film.

Great video, really enjoying your channel. One of my favourite films was The Yangtze Incident, would love to hear you talk about that.

Yet another fantastic presentation Chris, whatever you decide to do next, will be eagerly waited for, congratulations again on your KZfaq triumph.

Loved it -- would like to hear your version of the career of Lord Cochrane, R.N., the fightingest sea captain. Cheers!

A natural and outstanding presenter.

Another great story of the Zulu War, Booth was a very brave man and definitely deserved his VC as did all the recipeirates of the VC. Thank's for this and stay well.

This was really good. I have read a lot of books on the war, but this is something I must have missed or wasn't mentioned. I felt I was watching the a movie or watching the actual events unfolding before me in real life. Very well presented and informative. Great work as usual!!

Thanks again, Chris, for another fascinating account, very well researched & narrated - as ever… The amount of detail that you include in these lesser engagements, really does bring them to life & makes them every bit as interesting to watch & listen to, as the far more significant & better known battles that receive much more attention from Historians & Military enthusiasts alike. More of the same, please. 😊👍

Another fine history lesson. I have always been interested in the Zulu and Boer wars. History that deserves retelling and remembered. Thank you!

Loving all these Zulu War uploads, keep up the good work 👍

Another excellent presentation. Thank You.

Well done Chris. Another great re-telling of what happened in the Battle of Intombe. I had never heard of this battle before, so it was fascinating to see your report.

Brilliant story telling. Thoroughly enjoyed that. Thank you.

These small battles are only small to those not there, those that take part it is something else. I really like these lessor known battles and I hope there are more of them.

Enjoyable, I think a lot of the Peninsular War battles are very interesting and the way Wellington turned things around and outsmarted the French are worth hearing about, plenty of different battles and tactics

Excellent video Chris. Thank you for your great work. I always look forward to seeing your presentations.

Thanks for another informative presentation on a little known episode of the Zulu war. Great work as always Chris!

bro! brilliant the US is loving you history chap keep it up my daughter convinced her us history teacher to use one of your videos during study of 1812

Superb video,again. Recently discovered your channel and love your work. Keep going. James

These video are super. It's great to be able to get an overview of the history of the time along with detailed study of the battle and characters. I am interested in warming this era and the information is invaluable. Thank you so much.

Thanks Chris, brilliant telling of a bit of Zulu war history which I had only read briefly about recently. Great stuff, cheers

Another great history story, always interesting, always told with enthusiasm, well done Chris I really enjoy your vids

Very interesting story, very well told (as usual!) with excellent visuals- thank-you! I'm enjoying your stories relating to S. Africa, Europe, the Middle East and the Indian peninsula and honestly, I have no particular preference. Thanks once again.

Tremendous channel! Please keep up the great work, sir!

Absolutely fantastic History Chap, and a man of your word as you said you'd cover this battle! There's definitely something about the defeats and the lesser known engagements that captivates me. My preference to add to your list would be Hlobane (2nd battle); so many personal acts of bravery, and of course the usual mix of over-confidence and down right incompetence! Keep em comin 👍

Wow! What a great story, what a man, Booth? I'd never heard of this battle before & I enjoyed your telling of it. You never fail to make it interesting 👍

Great video I love this subject even after reading lots of books on this campaign its nice to watch a good account of how things happened good stuff

Having just come across this site I’m totally enthralled with the subject matter and the professionalism of the presenter. Given the incredible level of detail just adds to the fascination of this period in History. Lest we forget 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

Hi Chris you are on the youtube trending front page on the creator on the rise part. I love your history and your british accent, I think it is fabulous I can see you put a lot of work into your videos. I hope you have a nice day.

I just love your channel. I have been watching a new video every night and I am about half way through your library. I very much enjoy your character profiles on the various military figures in the Victorian armies and would love to see profiles on Sir James Ronald Leslie Macdonald & Francis Younghusband who had an acrimonious dispute during the British expedition to Tibet in 1903 and 4 and a history of the said expedition. Thank you for the trouble you go to in making these videos.

Absolutely fabulous! Brilliant presentation! Many thanks!

Another great account..thanks Chris...so interesting and easy to follow!

Completely unaware of this part of the Zulu Wars. Nicely done!

You tell a great story...bringing history alive

Can we have a story detailing the career of General Thomas Picton please, this war hero is being cancelled by the Welsh labour government, we need his story to be told impartially

Again an excellent account....of a battle I knew little of...thank you.

First class Chris !

very worthwhile subscribing to your channel great research, fascinating !

Thank you for another great story.

Really interesting and informative video. The mention of the 80th Regiment of Foot particularly peeked my attention. I have only recently become aware, through family history research, of the Perak War (1874-76) in which I believe the 80th served. I wonder if that little known conflict might be a suitable subject for one of your videos.

Always well researched and delivered. I can’t understand why you do not have more subscribers. They are certainly deserved. Keep it coming.

Wonderful story and very well narrated.

Another great video and always watch them as soon as I can so keep them coming lol

Excellent thanks 🙏A battle that I had heard nothing about 👏👏

Got myself a teenager book printed 1898 about this times. It suggested thousands of rifled Zulu to make the victory bigger. Latent anglophob of course at this time. Thank you for the skirmish I had forgotten! God's Blessings from Northern Germany Ludwig.

Great story of bravery (and, it has to said, some stupidity) very well told, as usual -- thanks. Lots of Brummies in the South Staffs, plus men from Wolverhampton, Walsall, and the Black Country like Anthony Booth VC. Both my grandfather and his father (Brummies born and bred) served with them in the two world wars, and both were volunteers in the Territorial Force. I think my grandad (who had been transferred to the Royal Warwicks at the time) would've rather faced Zulus than the tanks of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler he encountered at the battle for the Escaut river in 1940 any day of the week. At least he escaped after being captured by them, before being evacuated from the mole by the Royal Navy on June 4th, unlike some of his compatriots who were massacred by that SS unit at Wormhoudt. The fortunes of war eh...

Wonderfully narrated and put together as always thanks once more. A singular observation on my part. It`s quite amazing how the British Army consistently managed to shoot itself in the foot in South Africa during the reign of Queen Victoria.

Loving the channel, really interesting content, well researched and enthusiastically presented

I am binging on this Zulu wars series and loving it. I'm so glad to have found you. I see you have covered the Boer War and the Crimean. As with getting interested in the Zulu wars from the movie, I got interested in these by going to a double feature of Breaker Morant and Gallipoli, so I look forward to more good content.

Another great video. Quite well done as usual.

Fabulous presentation, thank you!

Superb content as usual, brilliantly done. 👏🏻

Excellent. Liked. Subscribed with pleasure. A very fine channel. Top man.

That was great, "small decisions, coupled with incredible courage can swing defeats into victory, and victories into defeat, the human story"

Great story telling.ive been 2 this battle field crossed the river.only bout 6 ins at time.still the same as it was then.been 2 all the other b f.I .as well as boer war sites.great series.well told.

I've read the story of Ntombe , but your telling of it was fascinating . 🇬🇧

Thanks for another great historical story.

Great video today thanks for what you do and keep them coming 👍 😀 😉

Thank you for another great explanation. Did you ever do an episode about the battle on the Medway 1667(?)

You do a great job sir! Thanks!

Fantastic video and content, thanks for sharing

I have watched many of your videos and injoy every one of em, like most of the people who watch your videos I am very much interested in the Zulu wars, every battle lost or won, there's great heroism from the British soldier,stand out individuals be it booth,wood bullet hooky colour Sargent Bourne etc etc,I have always said I am proud English man even prouder when you read it,god bless ya

A really interesting story, one I was not previously aware of, and told in a very engaging manner.

Good content and great presentation. Thank you.

Excellent!

Many thanks for that. As always, a great story very well told. You have asked for suggestions for future topics. May I request your analysis of the role of the Black and Tans in Ireland?.

Thank you. Another informative video.

Excellent documentary, thank you, very interested in the first battle of Mons, I thought the military music at the end of you're documentary was very atmospheric

Many thanks as always

Thanks Chris. Forgot about Wolsley taking over from Chelmsford. From one end of the military skills range to the other there.

As usual senior commanders failing their troops, and non commission officer taking direct command. Brilliant video and once again a true tale of bravery. Sir thank you for sharing this great video. If I may bold to ask fo more.o

Thank you -very interesting and informative-Gert-South Africa

Hadn't heard this one. Thanks for sharing.

Well done, great detail and splendid story.

You tell great stories about great men. Well done! The Battle of Culloden is a question.

Another well-told nugget. Thanks for that.

I have seen the photo of color sergeant Booth, thank you for highlighting his story as well as that of the Battle of Intombe, of which I was unaware.

Brilliant as usual Chap

Excellent Episode 👍

Fascinating stuff, expertly told. Thank you.

Another excellent presentation. Still hoping to hear something on Sir Garnet Wolsey and the Ashanti wars. Regards

Brilliant!! Thank You!!!

Thanks - fascinating and castigating the quality of many of those who ' led ' such steely lower ranks as Booth. The same were those who initially ' led ' the soldiers of Britain and France at the beginning of WW1 and. in the highest ranks ( Haig, Petain ), throughout that horrendous conflict. It was only after WW1 that the British got rid of such ' quality ' officers completely.

Thank you. (The other Ian Knight)

Thank you once again for enlightenment of this period of bravery by the men of the British Army. Soldiers of the Queen one and all.

Given the gross incompetence and cowardice of their officers, it’s amazing that any of the Brits survived.

As always a good account of a a battle of nearly forgotten war. Is it asking too much for Chris Green to cover Ireland's Easter Rising of 1916, and the troubles?

Did the 80 Martini-Henry rifles include those taken from the slain British soldiers? Even 80 would have made a significant difference, especially with thousands of rounds to practice with. Great video and well told story per your usual high standards.

A while ago I wargamed this episode 5 times using the very popular 'Men Who Would Be Kings' skirmish rules. Sounds a bit sad but it was a very rainy Sunday. The regulars lost on each of the first 4 occasions even when I adjusted the position of the pickets to cover the dead ground properly. On the 5th occasion the all wagons were placed in a circle on one side and protected by the river. But the Zulus still won but with more many loses whilst the British fought to the last man trapped in their position. In comparison with Rorke's Drift the conclusive factor is that at Intombe there was simply no opportunity to use rifles effectively and keep the Zulus at a distance before they had broken through the perimeter. Overwhelming numbers (Isandlwana) or surprise and clever use of cover and darkness are key it seems.

To not stay with your supply wagons was a unbelievable blunder. One would think that knowing your fighting abilities depended on those supplies should have made their defence paramount. How did these men get their commissions..

Another excellent story. You will never run out of material. Maybe James Brooke, the first Rajah of Sarawak would be good for an interesting history, otherwise you have so much to choose from.

Chris would you be able to do a story about Piper George Findlater VC ?

Great story, keep them coming. 👍

It seems that Captain Moriarty wasn't a typical Irish man, namely a natural soldier! Woeful performance on his behalf not to adjust his defensive position when the river level dropped. His complacency cost his Coy their lives.

Would you ever do any videos regarding the American War of Independence? Great videos by the way