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Author | : John Laband |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2014-07-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317868463 |
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This book takes a unique look at the first Boer war by concentrating on the events and battles of the First Boer War. Due attention is also given to the 2nd Boer War - it's origins, key players and significance for the future of South Africa. The personal stories of heroism and sacrifice, sieges, rebellions and battles, make for an enthralling and dramatic tale - a classic of military history that will find a ready audience amongst military enthusiasts.
Author | : Thomas Pakenham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : South African War, 1899-1902 |
ISBN | : 9781868420742 |
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Author | : John Laband |
Publisher | : From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781911512387 |
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The ignominious rout of a British force at the battle of Majuba on 27 February 1881 and the death of its commander, Major General Sir George Pomeroy-Colley, was the culminating British disaster in the humiliating Transvaal campaign of 1880-1881 in South Africa. For the victorious Boers who were rebelling against the British annexation of their republic in 1877, Majuba became the symbol of Afrikaner resistance against British imperialism. On the flip side, Majuba gave the late Victorian British army its first staggering experience of modern warfare and signalled the need for it to reassess its training and tactics. Based on both British and Boer archival and contemporary sources, this balanced and fresh appraisal of Majuba situates it in the closely interlocked operational and political contexts of the Transvaal campaign. It analyses the contrasting military organizations and cultures of the two sides and clarifies how a Boer citizen militia with no formal training, but that handled modern small arms with lethal effect and expertly employed fire and movement tactics, was able to defeat professional--but hidebound--British soldiers. The book explains how a British field commander, such as Colley, already subject to the factional politics of command, also found his conduct of military operations subject to the close supervision of his superiors in London at the other end of the telegraph wire. His strategic objective was to break through the Boer positions holding the passes between the colony of Natal and Transvaal and to relieve the scattered British garrisons blockaded by the Boers. However, his defeats at Laing's Nek on 28 January and at Ingogo on 8 February alarmed the British government already concerned that the war was stirring up dangerous anti-British Afrikaner nationalism across South Africa. It instructed Colley to cease operations and open peace negations with the Boers. But the general, a highly talented staff officer holding his first independent command, was determined to retrieve his tattered military reputation. He side-stepped his orders and, in an attempt to outflank the Boer positions and win the war at a stroke, seized Majuba with disastrous consequences. Although British reinforcements were now pouring in and the suppression of the Boer rebellion still seemed feasible, Majuba was the last straw for the British government. To the disgust of the military who burned to expunge the shame of Majuba with a resounding victory, the politicians insisted on restoring the Transvaal Boers their independence
Author | : Gregory Fremont-Barnes |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 143 |
Release | : 2014-06-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1472810171 |
Download The Boer War 1899–1902 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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 | : John Laband |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2014-07-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317868455 |
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This book takes a unique look at the first Boer war by concentrating on the events and battles of the First Boer War. Due attention is also given to the 2nd Boer War - it's origins, key players and significance for the future of South Africa. The personal stories of heroism and sacrifice, sieges, rebellions and battles, make for an enthralling and dramatic tale - a classic of military history that will find a ready audience amongst military enthusiasts.
Author | : Louis Creswicke |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 1900 |
Genre | : South African War, 1899-1902 |
ISBN | : |
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 2 |
Release | : 1881* |
Genre | : Transvaal (South Africa) |
ISBN | : |
Download A Short Summary of the Chief Facts Relating to the Transvaal War Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Presents a brief summary on the causes of the First Boer War, also known as the First Anglo-Boer War, the Transvaal War or the Transvaal Rebellion, which was a war fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881 between the United Kingdom and the South African Republic, from the point of view of the Transvaal Independence Committee.
Author | : G. D. Scholtz |
Publisher | : Protea Boekhuis |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : South Africa |
ISBN | : 9781919825120 |
Download The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This concise history of the Anglo-Boer War, a prize-winning work which was originally written in Afrikaans, is the ideal book for those who want an overview of the military fortunes of the two warring parties. Now richly provided with maps and illustrations, it is one of the most accurate short histories of this important three-year war. The author, G. D. Scholtz, was a Afrikaner historian of great stature, who saw the Anglo-Boer War as a struggle for liberation, a fight for Boer freedom and independence. His original text has been sensitively translated into English by historian Bridget Theron, who is a lecturer at the University of South Africa. It is an accessible work that may provide echoes to the American wars of independence.
Author | : Byron Farwell |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 920 |
Release | : 2009-09-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1783830611 |
Download The Great Boer War Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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 | : Stephen M. Miller |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2021-06-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1108490123 |
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Offers a revised and updated history of thirteen of the most significant British conflicts during the Victorian period.