Witt's actions during the battle are completely fictionalized. He owned the property at Rorke's Drift, but had leased it to the military, and had moved into a tent on the edge of the property with another Swede, a friend named Hammar. He'd sent his family away to a distant farm for safety at the start of the war. He did not plead with the soldiers not to fight the Zulus, nor did he try to take the sick away on wagons. He spent the early part of the day up on the hill watching for the arrival of the impis, and later came down to discover soldiers in his home, cutting loopholes into the walls and tossing furniture around. After complaining to no avail, he and Hammar mounted their horses and rode away to safety, taking one very sick soldier with them.
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