Roberts And Kitchener In South Africa
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Roberts Kitchener In South Africa 1900 1902
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Author : Rodney Atwood
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2012-02-02
Roberts Kitchener In South Africa 1900 1902 written by Rodney Atwood and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The British Army was shocked by three military defeats in a week in South Africa in late 1899. The commanding General Sir Redvers Buller lost his nerve. Something must be done was the cry across the Empire. Britain sent forth not one, but two military heroes. Field Marshal Lord Roberts and Major General Lord Kitchener spent their first five weeks in South Africa restoring morale, reorganising their forces and deceiving the enemy as to their intentions. In the next four weeks their offensive transformed the war: Kimberley and Ladysmith were relieved from Boer sieges and an enemy force of 4000 under General Cronje was captured on the Modder River. A long and bitter guerrilla war ensured in a terrain ideally suited to fast-moving Boer commandoes. On the dark side, deeds were committed of which no civilised empire priding itself on justice and fair play could be proud. The comradeship-in-arms of Roberts and Kitchener, their differing yet complementary personalities, their strategic and tactical decisions are described and assessed using a wide variety of sources including, personal papers and official correspondence. By these mens resourcefulness the British Army, despite its unpreparedness and poor leadership at many levels, won a remarkable victory in the first of the twentieth century Peoples Wars.
Lord Kitchener And The War In South Africa
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Author : Earl Horatio Herbert Kitchener Kitchener
language : en
Publisher: Sutton
Release Date : 2006
Lord Kitchener And The War In South Africa written by Earl Horatio Herbert Kitchener Kitchener and has been published by Sutton this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Generals categories.
In 1900 Lord Roberts handed over command in South Africato Lord Kitchener, convinced that only some 'police work'remained to be done. However, within a fortnight, the warescalated and the new Commander-in-Chief had to makedesperate efforts to end the conflict. This new bookincludes numerous unpublished letters written by or toKitchener ......
Lord Roberts And The War In South Africa 1899 1902
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Author : Earl Frederick Sleigh Roberts Roberts
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Lord Roberts And The War In South Africa 1899 1902 written by Earl Frederick Sleigh Roberts Roberts and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Great Britain categories.
In this Army Records Society Anglo-Boer War centennial commemoration volume, 111 mostly hitherto unpublished letters written by or to Lord Roberts (Commander-in-Chief from 1899) and several other relevant documents are reproduced in full. The book offers an insight into the conduct of the war.
Methods Of Barbarism
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Author : S. B. Spies
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Methods Of Barbarism written by S. B. Spies and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with South African War, 1899-1902 categories.
The Battle Of Paardeberg Lord Roberts Gambit
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Author : Martin Marais
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
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The Battle Of Paardeberg Lord Roberts Gambit written by Martin Marais and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Managing The South African War 1899 1902
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Author : Keith Terrance Surridge
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Release Date : 1998
Managing The South African War 1899 1902 written by Keith Terrance Surridge and has been published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
This case study of the power struggle between politicians and generals for control of the strategic management of the South African War illuminates Victorian and Edwardian civil-military relations.
Storm Over South Africa
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Author : Michael G. Bergen
language : en
Publisher: Book Venture Publishing LLC
Release Date : 2017-07-30
Storm Over South Africa written by Michael G. Bergen and has been published by Book Venture Publishing LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-30 with Fiction categories.
Storm over South Africa follows the lives and tribulations of a diverse group of characters through the 2nd Anglo-Boer War from 1899-1902 in South Africa. They belonged to different levels of the opposing societies and the story follows their actual life and death experiences in this conflict. The characters include the seventeen-year-old son of a Boer president; a young shipbuilding dock worker and his military nurse girlfriend from the industrial north-east of England, and a young Canadian soldier who volunteered for Canada’s first campaign outside its borders. Involved too are such illustrious British participants as Winston Churchill, Field Marshals Frederick Roberts and Herbert Kitchener, Generals Ian Hamilton and Robert Baden-Powell among others. Boer leaders involved include Generals Christiaan de Wet, Louis Botha, Koos de la Rey and Jan Smuts. The reader is guided through the various twists and turns of the first major British conflict of the 20th century from its beginning through to its end. The naivety and excitement of combatants in the lead up to and beginning of the Second Anglo-Boer War was contagious. It pulled many naïve young men into the maelstrom of combat. It began as another glorious Victorian war. But the successes and failures, sufferings and disillusionment soon emerge. It is a tale of imperial arrogance and determination, of stubbornness, innocence, love and loss experienced in a rugged and alluring land far from the heart of the British Empire.
With Roberts To Pretoria
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Author : George Alfred Henty
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1902
With Roberts To Pretoria written by George Alfred Henty and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1902 with Adventure stories categories.
A British Profession Of Arms
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Author : Ian F. W. Beckett
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2018-10-25
A British Profession Of Arms written by Ian F. W. Beckett and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-25 with History categories.
“You offer yourself to be slain,” General Sir John Hackett once observed, remarking on the military profession. “This is the essence of being a soldier.” For this reason as much as any other, the British army has invariably been seen as standing apart from other professions—and sometimes from society as a whole. A British Profession of Arms effectively counters this view. In this definitive study of the late Victorian army, distinguished scholar Ian F. W. Beckett finds that the British soldier, like any other professional, was motivated by considerations of material reward and career advancement. Within the context of debates about both the evolution of Victorian professions and the nature of military professionalism, Beckett considers the late Victorian officer corps as a case study for weighing distinctions between the British soldier and his civilian counterparts. Beckett examines the role of personality, politics, and patronage in the selection and promotion of officers. He looks, too, at the internal and external influences that extended from the press and public opinion to the rivalry of the so-called rings of adherents of major figures such as Garnet Wolseley and Frederick Roberts. In particular, he considers these processes at play in high command in the Second Afghan War (1878–81), the Anglo-Zulu War (1879), and the South African War (1899–1902). Based on more than thirty years of research into surviving official, semiofficial, and private correspondence, Beckett’s work offers an intimate and occasionally amusing picture of what might affect an officer’s career: wealth, wives, and family status; promotion boards and strategic preferences; performance in the field and diplomatic outcomes. It is a remarkable depiction of the British profession of arms, unparalleled in breadth, depth, and detail.
The South African War
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Author : Peter Warwick
language : en
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Release Date : 1980
The South African War written by Peter Warwick and has been published by Longman Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with History categories.
The South African War 1899-1902 (variously known as the Anglo-Boer, or to Afrikaners as the English War, die Engelseoorlog, or the Second War of Freedom, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog) continues to generate considerable interest among authors and readers alike, fascinated by a conflict that embodied human drama, tragedy, heroism and military and political folly on a grand scale.