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Book Synopsis Letters from Kimberly by : Edward Spiers
Download or read book Letters from Kimberly written by Edward Spiers and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of new material, fresh insights and perceptive analysis.' Ian Knight??The defence of Kimberley and the mission to relieve it was one of the great dramatic sagas of the South African War. The actual relief, following a spectacular cavalry charge, represented the first decisive upturn in the fortunes of the British war effort, soon followed by a crushing defeat of the Boers at the battle of Paardeberg. Within Kimberley citizens suffered from dwindling food stocks and enemy shelling, but even more controversial were the tensions that erupted between the siege commander, Lieutenant-Colonel Kekewich, and Kimberley's leading citizen, Cecil Rhodes. ??In this illuminating new history, Edward Spiers, presents a selection of first-hand accounts of this epic siege. The 260 letters were published originally in British metropolitan and provincial newspapers and they provide crucial insights into the perceptions of civilians caught up in the siege; the desperate and bloody attempts to relieve the town; and the experiences of junior officers and other ranks as they struggled to cope with the demands of modern warfare. Full of human incident, drama and pathos, these fascinating eyewitness testimonies make for compelling reading and add richly to our understanding of the events in Cape Colony.
Download or read book Kimberley written by Lewis Childs and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1990-12-31 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who were the underdogs who took on British Imperial forces - and beat them? How could an old farmer who had beaten them before (Piet Cronje), and a middle-aged farmer, who did not want to fight them anyway (De La Rey), embarrass Queen Victoria's high officers like Lord Methuen? When did the most powerful man in Africa enable the capable commandant to hold out - while blighting his career? Why did the Queen's crack regiments turn their backs on the enemy? What lessons in application, patience and loyalty to oath given does Tommy Atkins give to us, in the 21st century? Who were the modern figures that still live through their letters and diaries in Regimental Archives, in spite of being dead. How could the Boers justify shelling civilians, or the British of all people not know that women and kids were dying in concentration camps? When did the accepted European Rules of War get turned over for ever? Why, when Bobs is nothing but a statue, and Rhodes the ghost of a chancer, does it matter? The Seige of Kimberley answers all these questions and more in a readable and authoritative way
Book Synopsis Diamonds, Gold, and War (Volume 2 of 2) (EasyRead Comfort Edition) by :
Download or read book Diamonds, Gold, and War (Volume 2 of 2) (EasyRead Comfort Edition) written by and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Founder written by Robert I. Rotberg and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1990-10-25 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive biography of one of the most controversial figures of the 19th century captures a life that was complex and fascinating, evil and good. Illustrated.
Download or read book The Sphere written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Celebrities of the Army by : Charles Napier Robinson
Download or read book Celebrities of the Army written by Charles Napier Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kimberly Gold written by Stella Perkins and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kimberley Gold follows the trail of a family as they survive life in early Sydney. It is the story of my grandfather, whom I never met, a man who changed his name as he tried to change his destiny. We all have secrets and hide the truth with lies, but how many of us believe our own fabrications? Where is the truth? Does it lie within these pages?
Download or read book Black & White written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The war in South Africa by : A. T. Mahan
Download or read book The war in South Africa written by A. T. Mahan and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1902 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The war in South Africa. A narrative of the Anglo-Boer war from the beginning of hostilities to the fall of Pretoria
Book Synopsis History of the War in South Africa, 1899-1902 by : Great Britain. War Office
Download or read book History of the War in South Africa, 1899-1902 written by Great Britain. War Office and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Mafeking Memories by : Frederick Saunders
Download or read book Mafeking Memories written by Frederick Saunders and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saunders gives us a vivid and unique soldier's-eye view of the siege, the daily life, the hunger, the regular bombardment from long-range Boer guns, the forays against the Boers, and the antics of Baden-Powell, who tried to keep up the morale of the garrison. Saunders's descriptions of the countryside are graphic too, revealing an artist's sensitivity. His account nicely supplements others written by journalists and by prominent officials at Mafeking. The editor, who obtained the memoir from the Saunders family, provides an introduction that places the siege in its historical context.
Book Synopsis Lord Methuen and the British Army by : Stephen M. Miller
Download or read book Lord Methuen and the British Army written by Stephen M. Miller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study analyzes the readiness of the British military establishment for war in 1899 and its performance in the South African War (1899-1902). It focuses on the career of Field Marshal Paul Sanford, 3rd Baron Methuen, whose traditional military training, used so effectively in Queen Victoria's small wars, was put to the test by the modern challenges of the South African War. A subsidiary aim of this work is to correct and refine the historical consensus that Methuen's campaing in the South African War was plagued by practical errors and poor judgement. The South African War was a crucial transitional episode in the history of the British army. Unlike Great Britain's other expeditions, it required the concentrated resources of the entire empire. It was a modern war in the sense that it employed the technology, the weaponry, the communications, and the transportation of the second industrial revolution.
Book Synopsis The Great Boer War by : Byron Farwell
Download or read book The Great Boer War written by Byron Farwell and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2009-09-19 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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).
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Book Synopsis The Parliamentary Debates by : Great Britain. Parliament
Download or read book The Parliamentary Debates written by Great Britain. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 1098 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
