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Book Synopsis The Story of the Zulu Campaign by : Waller Ashe
Download or read book The Story of the Zulu Campaign written by Waller Ashe and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Story of the Zulu Campaign is a war recollection by Edmund Verney Wyatt Edgell. It delves into the battles of the colonial Anglo-Zulu War fought in 1879, where the Zulu Kingdom fought bravely against British invading troops, but ultimately lost the war.
Book Synopsis The Story of the Zulu Campaign (Classic Reprint) by : Waller Ashe
Download or read book The Story of the Zulu Campaign (Classic Reprint) written by Waller Ashe and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-06-09 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of the Zulu Campaign Some apology or explanation may be deemed requi site, for delaying the publication of this Story of the Zulu War for more than a year after its conclusion. The little book itself was written very shortly after the capture of the king, Cetywayo, and the tardiness of its appearance has been, to a certain extent, intentional on my part. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The Story of the Zulu Campaign by : Ashe Waller
Download or read book The Story of the Zulu Campaign written by Ashe Waller and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Book Synopsis The Story of the Zulu Campaign by : Waller Ashe
Download or read book The Story of the Zulu Campaign written by Waller Ashe and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Zulu Campaign by : E. V. Wyatt-Edgell
Download or read book The Zulu Campaign written by E. V. Wyatt-Edgell and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some apology or explanation may be deemed requisite, for delaying the publication of this "Story of the Zulu War" for more than a year after its conclusion. The little book itself was written very shortly after the capture of the king, Cetywayo, and the tardiness of its appearance has been, to a certain extent, intentional on my part. Although it may seem ungracious and, perhaps, ungrateful to cavil at the war criticisms and descriptions which, by every post and telegram, adorn the pages of contemporaneous journalism, I would submit that the practice of writing ex cathedrâ on war topics the day after an engagement, is too early to allow us to examine motives as well as facts, so that we may form conclusions to which we can only justly arrive, when "Time, the corrector, where our judgments err," has softened prejudice and exposed partisan feeling. The worst and most valueless criticisms on Waterloo were given to the world immediately after the fight of Mont St. Jean. The most unreliable, and indeed erroneous, opinions in regard to the splendid errors of Inkerman and Balaklava, appeared before the Crimean war was ended, and many a hero, elevated by the verdict of contemporaneous eulogy to a temporary pedestal in the Temple of Fame, has since been dethroned by the calmer and more honest judgment of a later generation. When the Emperor Napoleon called us a "nation of shopkeepers," he, perhaps, intentionally, paid us a compliment; for peace, commerce, and prosperity, have, as a rule, I venture to hold, been more regarded in our islands than projects of violence, warfare, or conquest; and this with us has ever been an honourable characteristic of the Spirit of our present Age. But as Sir Bartle Frere, one of England's greatest, wisest, and most humane administrators, was well aware, the great and time-honoured law of self-defence sometimes compels a State, like an individual, to resort to arms, and the Appeal of Battle, when all peaceful modes of arrangement have been vainly tried, becomes occasionally unavoidable. Then, and perhaps only then, we may be allowed, even by the Peace Society and the Acolytes who trim the lamps for Mr. John Bright, to take an interest in and feel proud of the disciplined courage, the love of honour, and the sense of duty of which we read in the campaigns, where those who are near and dear to us have fought and fallen under the British flag. Then the commanders we may have known as subalterns, but whose names are now in all circles as veritable "Household Words;" whose careers we have watched with proud, yet kindly sympathy, and whose triumphs we have seemed as countrymen to share; whose powers of intellect and prescience array, regulate, and wield at will the grim and stern materials at command; whose daring, and yet coolness in the midst of death, acts like a talisman upon the rank and file--whose providence, when one path fails, is ever ready for fresh resources and designs--are not these the men of whom we may say with Tacitus, "Ratio et consilium propriæ Ducis artes"?
Book Synopsis The Story of the Zulu Campaign by : Waller Ashe
Download or read book The Story of the Zulu Campaign written by Waller Ashe and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Story of the Zulu Campaign by : Waller Ashe
Download or read book The Story of the Zulu Campaign written by Waller Ashe and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Emashlabatini country was originally occupied by a small tribe called the Abanguni; of its more ancient kings little is known beyond that they seem to have been of peaceful habits, making no wars, but breeding cattle; also that the name of one was Zulu. In their own country the appellation of Abanguni in course of time died out, though still used by their neighbours, and for it was substituted Abakwa-Zulu (sons of Zulu), Zulu and Undabezita.
Download or read book The Zulu Campaign written by Ashe and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some apology or explanation may be deemed requisite, for delaying thepublication of this "Story of the Zulu War" for more than a year after its conclusion.The little book itself was written very shortly after the capture of the king, Cetywayo,and the tardiness of its appearance has been, to a certain extent, intentional on mypart.Although it may seem ungracious and, perhaps, ungrateful to cavil at the warcriticisms and descriptions which, by every post and telegram, adorn the pages ofcontemporaneous journalism, I would submit that the practice of writing excathedr� on war topics the day after an engagement, is too early to allow us toexamine motives as well as facts, so that we may form conclusions to which wecan only justly arrive, when "Time, the corrector, where our judgments err," hassoftened prejudice and exposed partisan feeling. The worst and most valuelesscriticisms on Waterloo were given to the world immediately after the fight of MontSt. Jean. The most unreliable, and indeed erroneous, opinions in regard to thesplendid errors of Inkerman and Balaklava, appeared before the Crimean war wasended, and many a hero, elevated by the verdict of contemporaneous eulogy to atemporary pedestal in the Temple of Fame, has since been dethroned by thecalmer and more honest judgment of a later generation. When the EmperorNapoleon called us a "nation of shopkeepers," he, perhaps, intentionally, paid us acompliment; for peace, commerce, and prosperity, have, as a rule, I venture tohold, been more regarded in our islands than projects of violence, warfare, orconquest; and this with us has ever been an honourable characteristic of the Spiritof our present Age.But as Sir Bartle Frere, one of England's greatest, wisest, and most humaneadministrators, was well aware, the great and time-honoured law of self-defencesometimes compels a State, like an individual, to resort to arms, and the Appeal ofBattle, when all peaceful modes of arrangement have been vainly tried, becomesoccasionally unavoidable. Then, and perhaps only then, we may be allowed, evenby the Peace Society and the Acolytes who trim the lamps for Mr. John Bright, totake an interest in and feel proud of the disciplined courage, the love of honour,and the sense of duty of which we read in the campaigns, where those who arenear and dear to us have fought and fallen under the British flag. Then thecommanders we may have known as subalterns, but whose names are now in allcircles as veritable "Household Words;" whose careers we have watched withproud, yet kindly sympathy, and whose triumphs we have seemed as countrymento share; whose powers of intellect and prescience array, regulate, and wield at willthe grim and stern materials at command; whose daring, and yet coolness in themidst of death, acts like a talisman upon the rank and file-whose providence,when one path fails, is ever ready for fresh resources and designs-are not thesethe men of whom we may say with Tacitus,"Ratio et consilium propri� Ducis artes"?
Download or read book The Zulu War 1879 written by Ian Knight and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Zulu War of 1879 remains one of the best known British colonial wars and included two battles whose names reverberate through history. At Isandlwana the Zulus inflicted a crushing defeat on the British; the gallant British defence at Rorke's Drift followed and re-established British prestige. Yet as this book shows, there was more to the war than this. Six months of brutal fighting followed, until the Zulu kingdom was broken up, its king imprisoned and the whole structure of the Zulu state destroyed. Years of internecine strife followed, until the British finally annexed Zululand as a colonial possession.
Book Synopsis Voices from the Zulu War by : Ian Knight
Download or read book Voices from the Zulu War written by Ian Knight and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2011-03-21 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The forces of the independent Zulu kingdom inflicted a crushing defeat on British imperial forces at Isandlwana in January 1879. The Zulu army was not, however, a professional force, unlike its British counterpart, but was the mobilised manpower of the Zulu state. In this ground-breaking study, Ian Knight details just how the Zulu army functioned and ties its role firmly to the broader context of Zulu society and culture. After surveying the Zulu army from its creation during the wars of Shaka in the early nineteenth century, and the subsequent development of Zulu fighting methods, Ian Knight focuses in detail on the structure and condition of the Zulu army on the eve of the war in 1879. This indispensable book describes such key topics as enlistment, organisation, training and equipment. He also considers Zulu war aims and strategy, their view of artillery and cavalry, and how they were perceived by their colonial neighbours. Most of all, he reveals how the Zulu army functioned in wartime, from preparatory rituals to battlefield tactics, and the shock of battle itself.
Download or read book Zulu Rising written by Ian Knight and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-05-06 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle of iSandlwana was the single most destructive incident in the 150-year history of the British colonisation of South Africa. In one bloody day over 800 British troops, 500 of their allies and at least 2000 Zulus were killed in a staggering defeat for the British empire. The consequences of the battle echoed brutally across the following decades as Britain took ruthless revenge on the Zulu people. In Zulu Rising Ian Knight shows that the brutality of the battle was the result of an inevitable clash between two aggressive warrior traditions. For the first time he gives full weight to the Zulu experience and explores the reality of the fighting through the eyes of men who took part on both sides, looking into the human heart of this savage conflict. Based on new research, including previously unpublished material, Zulu oral history, and new archaeological evidence from the battlefield, this is the definitive account of a battle that has shaped the political fortunes of the Zulu people to this day.
Author :Alexander Wilmot Publisher :London : Richardson and Best, and A. White ; Cape of Good Hope ISBN 13 : Total Pages :284 pages Book Rating :4.B/5 (1 download)
Book Synopsis History of the Zulu War by : Alexander Wilmot
Download or read book History of the Zulu War written by Alexander Wilmot and published by London : Richardson and Best, and A. White ; Cape of Good Hope. This book was released on 1880 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The salient features and the principal events of the Zulu war are referred to in this volume. Long and uninteresting details respecting minor operations are omitted, and an attempt is made to furnish a readable book, which gives a fair view of the causes, origin, and progress of the war. It must be borne in mind that South African Kafir wars constitute one tragedy in various acts. The Zulu campaigns are merely last links of a chain. The war with Cetywayo is identical in principle with those waged with Gaika, T'Slambie, Dingaan, Kreli, and Sandilli. The tide of savagery has been periodically rolled back, and it was either necessary that this should be done, or that white men should abandon Southern Africa. The fatuous policy of Lord Glenelg caused the wars of 1846 and 1852, and there is in essence no difference between it and the policy advocated by the opponents of Sir Bartle Frere.
Download or read book Brave Men's Blood written by Ian Knight and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2005-11-30 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most highly regarded books on the British campaign of the nineteenth-century Anglo-Zulu War fought in southern Africa. Robust and economically self-reliant, the Zulu Kingdom—created by Shaka kaSenzangakhona—was seen as a threat to British colonialism. In December 1878, the British High Commissioner in South Africa, Sir Henry Bartle Frere, picked a quarrel with the Zulu king, Cetshwayo kaMpande, in the belief that the Zulu army—armed primarily with shields and spears—would soon collapse in the face of British Imperial might. The war began in January 1879. Three columns of British troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Lord Chelmsford invaded Zululand. Almost immediately, the war went badly wrong for the British. On January 22, the Centre Column, under Lord Chelmsford’s personal command, was defeated at Isandlwana mountain. In one of the worst disasters of the colonial era, over 1,300 British troops and their African allies were killed. In the aftermath of Isandlwana, the Zulu reserves mounted a raid on the British border post at Rorke’s Drift, which was held by just 145 men. After ten hours of ferocious fighting, the Zulu were driven off. Eleven of the defenders of Rorke’s Drift were awarded the Victoria Cross. These are the best-known episodes of the war, and Rorke’s Drift went on to inspire the classic film Zulu, which established Michael Caine as a star. Drawing on new research performed since the centenary in 1979, the author delves deeply into the causes of the war, the conditions during it, and the aftermath.
Book Synopsis The Illustrated Guide to the Anglo-Zulu War by : John Laband
Download or read book The Illustrated Guide to the Anglo-Zulu War written by John Laband and published by University of Kwazulu Natal Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians Laband and Thompson present an updated edition of Field Guide to the War in Zululand, originally printed in 1979 and reprinted three subsequent times with corrections and revisions. Part I covers the Anglo-Zulu war. Part II addresses battlefields and fortifications by sector (coast, Dundee, Estcourt, Greytown, Luneburg, Newcastle, Ulundi, Vryheid, Pietermaritzburg, and Durban). Attractively formatted with quotation boxes, maps, and numerous drawings, reproductions of engravings, and photographs (mostly in bandw). Oversize: 8.50x12". Distributed by ISBS. c. Book News Inc.
Book Synopsis The Zulus at War by : Adrian Greaves
Download or read book The Zulus at War written by Adrian Greaves and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By tracing the long and turbulent history of the Zulus from their arrival in South Africa and the establishment of Zululand, The Zulus at War is an important and readable addition to this popular subject area. It describes the violent rise of King Shaka and his colorful successors under whose leadership the warrior nation built a fearsome fighting reputation without equal among the native tribes of South Africa. It also examines the tactics and weapons employed during the numerous intertribal battles over this period. They then became victims of their own success in that their defeat of the Boers in 1877 and 1878 in the Sekunini War prompted the well-documented British intervention. Initially the might of the British empire was humbled as never before by the shock Zulu victory at Isandlwana but the 1879 war ended with the brutal crushing of the Zulu Nation. But, as Adrian Greaves reveals, this was by no means the end of the story. The little known consequences of the division of Zululand, the Boer War, and the 1906 Zulu Rebellion are analyzed in fascinating detail. An added attraction for readers is that this long-awaited history is written not just by a leading authority but, thanks to the coauthor’s contribution, from the Zulu perspective using much completely fresh material. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Book Synopsis Crossing the Buffalo by : Adrian Greaves
Download or read book Crossing the Buffalo written by Adrian Greaves and published by Orion. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new and complete history of Zululand, and its destruction at the hands of the British in 1879. This book is not only a complete history of the Zulus but also an account of the way the British won absolute rule in South Africa. In the early decades of the nineteenth century, Shaka Zulu established a nation in south-east Africa which was to become the most politically sophisticated and militarily powerful black nation in the entire area. Although the Zulus never had any quarrel with their British neighbours, the rulers of the Cape Colony could not conceive of them as anything but a threat. In 1879, under dubious pretences, the British finally crossed the Buffalo River, and embarked on a bloody war that was to rock the very foundations of the British Empire. The story is studded with tales of incredible heroism, drama and atrocity on both sides: the Battle of Isandlwana, where the Zulus inflicted on the British the worst defeat a modern army has ever suffered at the hands of men without guns; Rorke's Drift, where a handful of British troops beat off thousands of Zulu warriors and won a record 11 VCs; and Ulundi, where the Zulus were finally crushed in a battle that was to herald some of the most shameful episodes in British Colonial history. Comprehensive, vast in scope, and filled with original and up-to-date research, this is a book that is set to replace all standard works on the subject.
Book Synopsis The Field Guide to the Anglo-Zulu War by : John Laband
Download or read book The Field Guide to the Anglo-Zulu War written by John Laband and published by University of Kwazulu Natal Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The aim is to lead readers through the history of the campaign and to guide them to the actual sites of the war, while at the same time providing a sense of the human and social context in which military and civilian commentators of a previous century experienced the violence of invasion and war. In all its aspects this book is the essential guide to a full understanding of the Zululand campaign of 1879."--BOOK JACKET.
