1. A variation on a popular image of the defence of Rorke's Drift. James McCaulay, True Tales of Travel and Adventure, Valour and Virtue (Hodder and Stoughton, London), p. 304.

2. The defence of Rorke's Drift became an iconic event in British popular culture. L. Valentine, Heroes of the United Service (Frederick Warne, London [1900]), p. 235.