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New song on the Zulu war

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(1) New song on the Zulu war
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/74897842
Description	First line reads: You sons of Britannia stand to your gun. In one column.
Shelfmark	Crawford.EB.3745
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1879 [Date printed] Zulu War, 1879 [Date/event in text] Rorke's Drift, Battle of, South Africa, 1879 [Date/event in text] 1705 [Date printed] 1800-1900 [Date printed]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England (country) [Place printed] Africa > South Africa > Province of KwaZulu-Natal > Rorke's Drift (historic site) [Place in text] Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Subject / content:	Ballads Battles Soldiers
Person / organisation:	Britannia (Symbolic character) [Subject of text] Zulu (African people) [Subject of text] Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 24th (2nd Warwickshire). Battalion, 2nd [Subject of text]
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Other Wars & Battles
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Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1705 [Date printed]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place printed]
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English ballads
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Description	Collection of 2,300 broadside ballads, mostly printed in England in the 19th century. Topics range from courtship, crime, disasters and emigration to fashion, theatre, politics, laments sports and old age. Includes ballads on Scotland and Ireland. Part of the Crawford Collections on deposit from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.
Attribution and copyright:	Reproduced with permission from materials on loan to the National Library of Scotland from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1800-1900 [Date printed]
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