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However, it was rumoured that Durnford’s orders had been stolen from his body after the battle in order to absolve Lieutenant-General Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, and other senior officers of incompetence.

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This related to the defeat of British forces by the Zulu at the Battle of Isandhlwana in 1879, a reversal that was largely blamed on Colonel Anthony Durnford.

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