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Book Synopsis Mafeking Diary by : Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje
Download or read book Mafeking Diary written by Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sol Plaatje's Mafeking Diary is a document of enduring importance and fascination. The product of a young black South African court interpreter, just turned 23 years old when he started writing, it opens an entirely new vista on the famous Siege of Mafeking. By shedding light on the part played by the African population of the town, Plaatje explodes the myth, maintained by belligerents, and long perpetuated by both historians and the popular imagination, this this was a white man's affair. One of the great epics of British imperial history, and perhaps the best remembered episode of the Anglo-Boer war of 1899-1902, is presented from a wholly novel perspective. "At the same time, the diary provides an intriguing insight into the character of a young man who was to play a key role in South African political and literary history during the first three decades of this century. It reveals much of the perceptions and motives that shaped his own attitudes and intellectual development and, indeed, those of an early generation of African leaders who sought to build a society which did not determine the place of its citizens by the colour of their skin. The diary therefore illuminates the origins of a struggle which continues to this day." -- John L. Comaroff (ed.) in his preface
Download or read book Mafeking 1900 written by Edmund Yorke and published by History Press. This book was released on 2014-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most famous British action of the Second Boer War The Siege of Mafeking remains one of the most famous actions of the Second Boer War, with the British Army defeating a Boer force of more than 8,000 men with only 1,500 troops. The town of Mafeking was designated a central location due to its rail connections and Robert Baden-Powell decided to trial his theory of defense rather than attack here. He holed up his troops in Mafeking, fortifying the city for a siege that would last for 217 days. 800 men held Mafeking, supported by a cadet corps of 12 to 15-year-olds who later inspired the Scouting Movement. The town withheld attack from the Boers against the odds and was finally relieved on May 17, 1900. The siege and relief of Mafeking caused much public excitement in Victorian Britain and Robert Baden-Powell became a war hero.
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 Battle Story: Mafeking 1899-1900 by : Edmund Yorke
Download or read book Battle Story: Mafeking 1899-1900 written by Edmund Yorke and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Siege of Mafeking remains one of the most renowned actions of the Second Boer War, with the British Army defeating a Boer force of up to 8,000 men with barely 1,500 troops. In a siege that lasted 217 days, Robert Baden-Powell and his troops withheld attack from the Boers against all the odds and Mafeking was finally relieved on 17 May 1900. It caused much public excitement in Victorian Britain, with Baden-Powell emerging as a national hero. If you want to understand what happened and why – read Battle Story.One of the most famous, if contoversial, battles of the Second Boer War – memorialised across South Africa, Canada and the United Kingdom The Siege of Mafeking was instrumental in turning Robert Baden-Powell (later founder of the Scouts) into a national hero Includes significant contribution from South African, Canadian and Australian troops
Book Synopsis Baden-Powell of Mafeking by : J. S. Fletcher
Download or read book Baden-Powell of Mafeking written by J. S. Fletcher and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-18 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical mythology credits Robert Baden-Powell, father of the boy scout movement, as the "Hero of Mafeking" and the St. George who saved England in its darkest hour. In reality, the authors of this revisionist history assert that he was the "Monster of Mafeking" responsible for untold tragedy during the siege of that town in the South African War of 1899 to 1900. In this new biography, the authors set out to debunk some of the myths that we have lived with for so long. Cryptic though it may seem, "The Boy" refers at once to Baden-Powell's suspected lover, Kenneth McLaren, to Baden-Powell being the ultimate "boy-man" and to Sol Plaatje and the long line of South African black men condescendingly called "boys".In this highly controversial look at the events surrounding Mafeking, the Tshidi-Barolong inhabitants of nearby Mahikeng, the native "stadt" just outside Mafeking, emerge as the real luminaries in the drama of the siege. Time and again, they saved Baden-Powell from himself and ensured that the town was not overrun by Boers. The authors claim that it is two of these men who deserve the title "Hero of Mafeking". One was Sol Plaatje, who went on to become the first secretary-general of the South African Native National Congress, the forerunner to the African National Congress. The other was Mathakgong -- a cattle raider and guerrilla fighter.When the glossy cover is jerked from the fetid pit that is Mafeking, a crime unfolds that is beyond denunciation. Approximately 2,000 people died during the Siege of Mafeking. One thousand -- African, Boer and Briton -- were killed in action, died of wounds or expired from disease. The other thousand -- all Africans, except for one Dutchchild -- died of starvation. Was Baden-Powell the immaculate hero that his defenders would have us believe he was? Or was he a genocidal tyrant as the authors assert? This critical reappraisal of a key event in South African history casts new light on a fascinating story that many had thought they knew well.
Book Synopsis The Siege of Mafeking by : J. Augus Hamilton
Download or read book The Siege of Mafeking written by J. Augus Hamilton and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Siege of Mafeking by J. Augus Hamilton
Book Synopsis The Boer War diary of Sol T. Plaatje by : Solomon Tshekišô Plaatje
Download or read book The Boer War diary of Sol T. Plaatje written by Solomon Tshekišô Plaatje and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The introduction contains a biographical sketch of Sol T Plaatje.
Download or read book The Boy written by Pat Hopkins and published by New Holland Australia(AU). This book was released on 1999 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This critical reappraisal of the siege of Mafikeng provides a fresh examination of the role of Major-General Baden-Powell in the conflict, during which approximately 2000 people died in action or expired from disease or starvation.
Book Synopsis Mafeking Diary by : Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje
Download or read book Mafeking Diary written by Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje and published by Northern Illinois University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mafeking: a Diary of the Siege by : F. Baillie
Download or read book Mafeking: a Diary of the Siege written by F. Baillie and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-05-12 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Initially the Mafeking garrison had no artillery. Baden-Powell improvised various items to look like real guns and trains, while engineers manufactured a gun, known as the "Wolf," from a length of steel pipe. The Boers used the 2 two inch guns they had captured from Dr Jamieson to bombard the town. Dud shells fired from these guns were reworked and discharged at the Boer lines from the Wolf. An officer found an old muzzle loading naval gun serving as a gate post. This gun was christened "Lord Nelson" and drafted into service. Dynamite grenades were manufactured and thrown at the Boer lines and a small railway line was built across the town. In sharp contrast to the indolent Ladysmith garrison, Baden-Powell kept his men constantly on the move, raiding the Boer lines and keeping the besiegers on their toes. On 26th December 1899 Baden-Powell launched an attack on Game Tree Fort, a Boer strongpoint to the North of Mafeking. Unknown to the garrison the fort had been significantly strengthened and the attack was an expensive failure. Among the personalities in besieged Mafeking was Lady Sarah Wilson, aunt of Winston Churchill, in South Africa with her army officer husband. Lady Sarah is said to have been conducting spying activities against the Boers until arrested by General Snyman and exchanged for General Viljoen, held prisoner by Baden-Powell. For the rest of the siege Lady Sarah's bunker was the social focus of the besieged town and she herself an active member of the garrison. From January 1900 food stocks in Mafeking fell low. Baden-Powell remedied this difficulty by withholding rations from the sizeable Baralong town in the south west corner of Mafeking. On 31st March 1900 Plumer attempted to fight his way into Mafeking with the Rhodesian regiment but was repelled with heavy losses. On Saturday 12th May 1900 Field Cornet Sarel Eloff launched the most significant assault on Mafeking in an attempt to capture the town before it could be relieved by the advancing British force under Colonel Mahon. Few of the Boer burghers were prepared to take part in such a foolhardy expedition. The operation began with a feint assault on the eastern defences of the town by General Snyman. Eloff then attacked through the Baralong town and captured the police barracks in the centre of Mafeking. Eloff's men set fire to the Baralong huts as they passed through giving the Mafeking garrison an instant alarm. The Boer plan was that General Snyman would launch a further attack on the town's defences, thereby subjecting the garrison to assaults in front and rear, but this did not materialise. Throughout the rest of the day fighting raged around the barracks until Eloff was forced to surrender and the attack collapsed. Eloff was enabled to carry out his boast to his fellow Boers that he would breakfast at Dixon's Hotel the morning after the attack; but he did so as a prisoner. The following Wednesday, 16th May 1900, Colonel Mahon's flying column of Imperial Light Horse and Royal Horse Artillery rode into Mafeking after an epic ride, and the siege ended.
Author :Filson Young Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781722386702 Total Pages :138 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (867 download)
Book Synopsis The Relief of Mafeking How It Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; With an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 by : Filson Young
Download or read book The Relief of Mafeking How It Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; With an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 written by Filson Young and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-07 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 By Filson Young HOW THE RESERVES CAME UP From a seat in the paymaster's office of the depôt barracks at Bury one afternoon in November, 1899, I could look either into the barrack yard or out along the Bolton Road. A four-wheeler clove its way through the crowd surrounding the gates, and the sentries presented arms to it. It contained my friend, the paymaster, who presently came upstairs carrying a bag in which were several hundred pounds sterling-the real sinews of war. This was the man whose business it was to call up the Reservists, and he had a very simple way of doing it. He had several books containing large forms divided by perforation into four parts. The first was a counterfoil on which was written the Reservist's name and the date of posting the order; the second was a railway warrant requesting the railway company to furnish him with a ticket available by the most direct route from his place of residence to the depôt; the third was the order requiring him to present himself at the barracks on or before a certain date; and the fourth was a money-order for three shillings, officially called an advance, but virtually a present from a considerate Government. On the 11th of the month the paymaster at Bury had signed about six hundred of these notices, and had seen them posted; on Sunday and Monday they had begun to fall like bombs on the breakfast tables of prosperous civilians all over the country; and soon the pieces of blue paper had made a sad disturbance in several hundreds of cottage homes, and added several hundred men to the strength of the 2nd Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers. The business of the pay office, or at least my friend's part of it-a few subalterns rushing up in a hurry to get money for their various companies; eighty pounds for A, a hundred pounds for D, and so on-was soon over, and then he told me something of how the Reserve system works. All the men in the Reserve have put in at least seven years' service. They go into the Reserve first for a term of five years at sixpence a day, and then (if they wish) for a term of four years at fourpence a day. Of course when the Reserves are called out they receive the same pay as regular soldiers, and their wives have separation allowances. As everyone knows, this was the first time that any considerable number of the Reserves had been called up, and the system has worked admirably. About 98 per cent, in some districts presented themselves, the small remainder being either ill or in gaol. A small proportion of those who came up were rejected by the doctor, but on the whole the men were tough and fit. In this district they were allowed eight days in which to settle their affairs and present themselves at the depôt, but most of them did not come until the last minute, and several not until after the last minute of the time allowed by the order. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Author :Filson Young Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781725179417 Total Pages :190 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (794 download)
Book Synopsis The Relief of Mafeking How It Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; With an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 by : Filson Young
Download or read book The Relief of Mafeking How It Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; With an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 written by Filson Young and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 by Filson Young HOW THE RESERVES CAME UP From a seat in the paymaster's office of the depôt barracks at Bury one afternoon in November, 1899, I could look either into the barrack yard or out along the Bolton Road. A four-wheeler clove its way through the crowd surrounding the gates, and the sentries presented arms to it. It contained my friend, the paymaster, who presently came upstairs carrying a bag in which were several hundred pounds sterling-the real sinews of war. This was the man whose business it was to call up the Reservists, and he had a very simple way of doing it. He had several books containing large forms divided by perforation into four parts. The first was a counterfoil on which was written the Reservist's name and the date of posting the order; the second was a railway warrant requesting the railway company to furnish him with a ticket available by the most direct route from his place of residence to the depôt; the third was the order requiring him to present himself at the barracks on or before a certain date; and the fourth was a money-order for three shillings, officially called an advance, but virtually a present from a considerate Government. On the 11th of the month the paymaster at Bury had signed about six hundred of these notices, and had seen them posted; on Sunday and Monday they had begun to fall like bombs on the breakfast tables of prosperous civilians all over the country; and soon the pieces of blue paper had made a sad disturbance in several hundreds of cottage homes, and added several hundred men to the strength of the 2nd Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers. The business of the pay office, or at least my friend's part of it-a few subalterns rushing up in a hurry to get money for their various companies; eighty pounds for A, a hundred pounds for D, and so on-was soon over, and then he told me something of how the Reserve system works. All the men in the Reserve have put in at least seven years' service. They go into the Reserve first for a term of five years at sixpence a day, and then (if they wish) for a term of four years at fourpence a day. Of course when the Reserves are called out they receive the same pay as regular soldiers, and their wives have separation allowances. As everyone knows, this was the first time that any considerable number of the Reserves had been called up, and the system has worked admirably. About 98 per cent, in some districts presented themselves, the small remainder being either ill or in gaol. A small proportion of those who came up were rejected by the doctor, but on the whole the men were tough and fit. In this district they were allowed eight days in which to settle their affairs and present themselves at the depôt, but most of them did not come until the last minute, and several not until after the last minute of the time allowed by the order. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Download or read book Man of Mafeking written by Elizabeth Main and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Siege of Mafeking written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A White Man's War by : Graham Watkins
Download or read book A White Man's War written by Graham Watkins and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir It is understood that you have armed Bastards, Fingoes and Baralongs against us - in this you have committed an enormous act of wickedness...reconsider the matter, even if it cost you the loss of Mafeking... disarm your blacks and thereby act the part of a white man in a white man's war. Signed General Cronje 29th October 1899 General Cronje's orders are clear; take Mafeking and drive the British out of Africa but Colonel Baden-Powell, Mafeking's commanding officer, is no ordinary soldier and his defence of the town will be no ordinary fight. Themba Jabulani is a victim of a white man's war. A war where there are strange rules. A war where innocents will be sacrificed and heroes will be made. Jabulani is one of the innocents, struggling to survive with his wife and young child. Cronje's letter signals the start of the Boer War and a siege that will last seven months, claiming an unknown number of lives. A White Man's War is a story that takes place during that siege, the Siege of Mafeking. The defenders of Mafeking were commanded by an unconventional man who played to win, regardless of the cost. Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, B-P to his friends was an experienced soldier and a ruthless maverick. The Boer War and Mafeking in particular would make him more famous than his godfather, the railway engineer he was named after. It would make him a Baron and change the way future wars would be conducted. Ignoring conventional principles of war, B-P invented new ways to defend the town. Outnumbered and outgunned, his men would thwart the Boers time and again. Mafeking was a strange gentleman's war punctuated by truces, cricket matches and ferocious fighting. The price for holding Mafeking would be enormous but it wouldn't be the Christian white people who would pay the largest share, it would be the natives, the innocent bystanders caught up in the white man's fight for South Africa. A White Man's War is a story of a siege, regarded by some as a great adventure but by others as a human tragedy. B-P would learn from Mafeking and go on to found the greatest youth movement the world had ever seen while others, less fortunate like Themba Jabulani, would suffer a very different fate.
Book Synopsis Correspondence Relating to South African Republic by : Great Britain. Colonial Office
Download or read book Correspondence Relating to South African Republic written by Great Britain. Colonial Office and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Story of Baden-Powell by : Harold Begbie
Download or read book The Story of Baden-Powell written by Harold Begbie and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-29 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Story of Baden-Powell by Harold Begbie
