Lieutenant John Chard’s handwritten account of the Battle of Rorke’s Drift sells for £175,000
Lieutenant John Chard’s handwritten account of the Battle of Rorke’s Drift – where a British garrison held off 4,000 Zulu warriors – sells for £175,000 Lieutenant Chard of Royal Engineers was one of 11 men awarded Victoria Cross Account of the battle was auctioned at Bonhams in London on Thursday The collection, sold by his … Read more