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War Reporters: Archibald Forbes
Forbes, famously, was the first to deliver the news of the British victory at the Zulu capital of Ulundi in 1879, the last major battle of the Anglo-Zulu War, which cemented the defeat of the Zulu nation. Seema Syeda reports.
Archibald Forbes may be the most-decorated war correspondent to have ever lived. From the Russian Order of St Stanislaus to the Prussian Iron Cross via awards for services in Afghanistan, the litany of medals Forbes accumulated testifies to his prolific journalistic record and the wide geographic span of his reporting.
Born: 17 April 1838, ScotlandConflicts covered: Zulu War, Franco-Prussian War, and many othersDied: 17 April 1900, London
‘NOT TOO MODEST’
Forbes was the son of a Presbyterian minister, born in Morayshire, Scotland, in 1838. There were two conventional paths that a young man of his standing could follow: the Army or the Church.
After watching a series of lectur
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