The Last Of The Gentlemen S Wars A Subaltern S Journal Of The War In South Africa 1899 1902 With A Map And Plates Including A Portrait
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The Last Of The Gentlemen S Wars A Subaltern S Journal Of The War In South Africa 1899 1902 With A Map And Plates Including A Portrait
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Author : John Frederick Charles Fuller
language : en
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Release Date : 1937
The Last Of The Gentlemen S Wars A Subaltern S Journal Of The War In South Africa 1899 1902 With A Map And Plates Including A Portrait written by John Frederick Charles Fuller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1937 with categories.
The Last Of The Gentlemen S Wars
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Author : John Frederick Charles Fuller
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Release Date : 1937
The Last Of The Gentlemen S Wars written by John Frederick Charles Fuller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1937 with History categories.
General Catalogue Of Printed Books To 1955
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Author : British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
language : en
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Release Date : 1967
General Catalogue Of Printed Books To 1955 written by British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with English imprints categories.
Numismatic Circular List Of Coins Medals War Medals Books Etc Offered For Sale
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Author : Spink & Son
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1935
Numismatic Circular List Of Coins Medals War Medals Books Etc Offered For Sale written by Spink & Son and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1935 with Numismatics categories.
Friends And Enemies
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Author : Hugh Rethman
language : en
Publisher: Tattered Flag
Release Date : 2015
Friends And Enemies written by Hugh Rethman and has been published by Tattered Flag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) categories.
When the Boer Republics invaded Natal in 1899, the invaders could have been driven out with casualties measured in hundreds. Instead Britain was to lose nearly 9,000 men killed in action, more than 13,000 to disease and a further 75,000 wounded and sick were invalided back to Britain. The war ended in 1902 with a very unsatisfactory Peace Treaty. At the start of the conflict Britain's Generals were faced with problems new to the military establishment. Shows of force did little to intimidate a determined opposition; infantry charges against a hidden enemy armed with modern rifles resulted in a futile waste of lives. Artillery could now destroy unseen targets at great range. Lack of mobility resulted in more than half the army being besieged in Ladysmith bringing with it concomitant civilian involvement. Some generals learnt quickly - others were slower and yet others still, perhaps through pride and stubbornness, refused to alter their ways and thus their men paid with their lives. The bravery and sacrifice of men during the campaign have been described in many books, as have the faults - real and imagined - of the generals. But little attention has been paid to the greatest blunder of all: a failure to take proper cognizance of local advice, opinion and capability. From the beginning, locally raised regiments demonstrated how the Boers might be defeated without incurring heavy casualties and, when they were finally given their head, they chased the invaders out of Natal while suffering only nominal casualties. This deeply researched study of the Boer War includes, for the first time, the experiences of the inhabitants of Natal - soldier and civilian, men, women and children, black and white. Diaries and letters vividly portray the actions at Talana, Elandslaagte, Colenso, Acton Homes and Spion Kop, as well as the siege of Ladysmith in which 15,000 military personnel and 2,500 residents and refugees were incarcerated for four months, slowly but surely dying from starvation and sickness until their relief. Before, during and after the Boer War many myths were created and facts hidden to suit political ends. The result was that lessons, which should have been learned were never adequately understood or applied. With the West still engaged in foreign wars, these old mistakes should be remembered and not repeated. Friends and Enemies is the result of years of intensive research undertaken in archives in both South Africa and Britain. It offers an important and scholarly resource to students of nineteenth and twentieth century conflict.
Spink Son S Monthly Numismatic Circular
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language : en
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Release Date : 1934
Spink Son S Monthly Numismatic Circular written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1934 with Coins categories.
We Wander The Battlefields
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Author : Matthew Carter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
We Wander The Battlefields written by Matthew Carter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Battlefields categories.
The Great Boer War
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Author : Byron Farwell
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2009-09-19
The Great Boer War written by Byron Farwell and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-19 with History categories.
The story of the battle for independence from the British Empire in South Africa by “a vivid chronicler of military forces, generals, and wars” (Kirkus Reviews). The Great Boer War (1899-1902), more properly known as the Great Anglo-Boer War, was one of the last romantic wars, pitting a sturdy, stubborn pioneer people fighting to establish the independence of their tiny nation against the British Empire at its peak of power and self-confidence. It was fought in the barren vastness of the South African veldt, and it produced in almost equal measure extraordinary feats of personal heroism, unbelievable examples of folly and stupidity, and many incidents of humor and tragedy. Byron Farwell traces the war’s origins; the slow mounting of the British efforts to overthrow the Afrikaners; the bungling and bickering of the British command; the remarkable series of bloody battles that almost consistently ended in victory for the Boers over the much more numerous British forces; political developments in London and Pretoria; the sieges of Ladysmith, Mafeking and Kimberley; the concentration camps into which Boer families were herded; and the exhausting guerrilla warfare of the last few years when the Boer armies were finally driven from the field. The Great Boer War is a definitive history of a dramatic conflict by the author of Queen Victoria’s Little Wars, “a leading popular military historian” (Publishers Weekly).
Africa From The Twelfth To The Sixteenth Century
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Author : Djibril Tamsir Niane
language : en
Publisher: James Currey Publishers
Release Date : 1997
Africa From The Twelfth To The Sixteenth Century written by Djibril Tamsir Niane and has been published by James Currey Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Africa categories.
Underwater Cultural Heritage From World War I
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Author : UNESCO
language : en
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
Release Date : 2015-10-05
Underwater Cultural Heritage From World War I written by UNESCO and has been published by UNESCO Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-05 with categories.