Encyclopedia of the Boer War
Author: Martin Marix-Evans
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ISBN-13: 9789798216022
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Martin Marix-Evans
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Martin Marix Evans
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781851093427
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Boer War marks the use of modern weapons by both sides for the first time in conflict. This alphabetical reference covers all aspects of the Boer War, including its origins, military strategy and tactics, main battles and sieges, political and military figures, and weaponry, as well as subjects such as the role of railways, treatment of the wounded, and the use of concentration camps. Contains a chronology and original documents, including the main body of a report on concentration camps and extracts from the minutes of peace negotiations. Evans is the author of several other books on British subjects. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2014-06-06
Total Pages: 143
ISBN-13: 1472810171
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Victorious in its previous campaigns in Africa against native armies, Britain now confronted an altogether different foe. The Boers proved to be formidable opponents, masterfully compensating for inferior numbers with grim determination, resourcefulness and strong religious faith. Their mobility, expert use of cover, and knowledge of the terrain, in which they employed powerful long-range magazine rifles, gave them initial advantages. By contrast the British suffered from inadequate transport, insufficient mounted troops and poor intelligence. Despite marshalling the immense resources of their empire, the British were to be severely tested in a war which one general described as 'the graveyard of many a soldier's reputation'.
Author: Martin Marix Evans
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 1999-10-25
Total Pages: 168
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Martin Marix Evans' splendidly detailed account of the events of the Boer War, a conflict which marked a turning point in the development of military technology. Complete with first-hand accounts, and over 150 contemporary maps and photographs.
Author: Ronald J. Austin
Publisher:
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780958529631
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Rob Milne
Publisher: Covos Books
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 204
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This often touching, sometimes hilarious book does not focus on dates or military strategy, nor does it attempt to condemn or vindicate the people involved. Rather, it focuses on the human interest stories that flavored this, "The Last of the Gentlemen's Wars". From the humorous story of the Boers firing shells laden with plum pudding on Christmas day into the beseiged town of Ladysmith to the tragic Legend of the Flowers, this volume is sure to entertain, educate and inspire.
Author: Kevin F. Kiley
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780754819011
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Crimean War is sometimes considered to be the first modern conflict and introduced technical changes which affected the future course of warfare.
Author: Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 2003-04-20
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781841763965
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Victorious in its previous campaigns in Africa against native armies, Britain now confronted an altogether different foe. The Boers proved to be formidable opponents, masterfully compensating for inferior numbers with grim determination, resourcefulness and strong religious faith. Their mobility, expert use of cover, and knowledge of the terrain, in which they employed powerful long-range magazine rifles, gave them initial advantages. By contrast the British suffered from inadequate transport, insufficient mounted troops and poor intelligence. Despite marshalling the immense resources of their empire, the British were to be severely tested in a war which one general described as 'the graveyard of many a soldier's reputation'.
Author: Byron Farwell
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Published: 2009-09-19
Total Pages: 920
ISBN-13: 1783830611
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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).
Author: Thomas Pakenham
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781868420742
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