British (and Welsh) Patriotic Song Men of Harlech, with imagery of the famed 24th Regiment of Foot during the AngloZulu War in 1879. The regiment is famous for its actions at both the military disaster at Isandlwana, and the subsequent victory at Rorke's Drift whereby at largely outnumbered British force mainly consisting of men of the 24th regiment held off against a numerically superior Zulu force, and won the day. This occasion is still

"Men of Harlech" or "The March of the Men of Harlech" (Welsh: Rhyfelgyrch Gwŷr Harlech) is a song and military march which is traditionally said to describe events during the sevenyear siege of Harlech Castle between 1461 and 1468, when the castle was held by the Lancastrians against the Yorkists as part of the Wars of the Roses. Commanded by Constable Dafydd ap Ieuan, the garrison withstood the longest known siege in the history of the British Isles. ("Through Seven Years" is an alternative name for the song.) The song has also been associated with the earlier, briefer siege of Harlech Castle about 1408, which pitted the forces of Owain Glyndŵr against the future Henry V of England.