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  • Witnesses at Isandlwana: 22 January 1879

    On 22 January 1879, British forces in Zululand suffered a shocking and unimaginable defeat at the hands of the Zulus resulting in over 1300 dead, including more than 800 regular British soldiers. But the Zulu victory came at a cost, and their losses were very heavy too. Yet, surprisingly, scattered in archives, museums, and private collections around the world, sits many first-hand accounts from ... Leer más

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  • The Anglo Zulu War: Isandlwana

    The Revelation of a Disaster

    de Ron Lock ...
    A concise history of the Battle of Isandlwana, the first encounter of the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879.In 1878, H.M. High Commissioner for Southern Africa and the Lieut. General Commanding H.M. Forces, clandestinely conspired to invade the Zulu Kingdom. Drastically underestimating their foe, the invaders had been vanquished within days of entering the Zulu Kingdom, in one of the greatest disasters ever ... Leer más

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  • Commando: A Boer Journal of the Boer War

    de Deneys Reitz ...
    Deneys Reitz was 17 when the Anglo-Boer War broke out in 1899. Reitz describes that he had no hatred of the British people, but "as a South African, one had to fight for one's country." Reitz had learned to ride, shoot and swim almost as soon as he could walk, and the skills and endurance he had acquired during those years were to be made full use of during the war. He fought with different Boer ... Leer más

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  • Great Battles: The Battle of Isandlwana

    The Great Zulu Victory of 1879

    de Saul David ...
    Series series Penguin Specials
    Penguin Specials are designed to fill a gap. Written to be read over a long commute or a short journey, they are original and exclusively in digital form. This is Saul David's compelling examination of one of history's greatest battles.On 22nd January, at Isandlwana in Zululand, South-East Africa, the British Army suffered one of the worst defeats in its history. A camp of 1,700 men, armed with ... Leer más

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  • Canada's Soldiers in South Africa

    Tales from the Boer War, 1899-1902

    de John Boileau ...
    Series series Amazing Stories
    In 1899 a thousand Canadian soldiers went to war--in South Africa.They were fighting white farmers who defied the mighty British empire by setting up their own, independent state.This South African or Boer War of 1899-1902 marked the first time Canadian troops went abroad to fight alongside Britain.Like other conflicts, the Boer War was controversial in Canada. Sir Wilfrid Laurier's liberal ... Leer más

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  • The Zulu War - Through Contemporary eyes

    Written in 1894, just 15 years after the war, this is James Grants excellent military history of the Zulu War of 1879. From the British disaster at Isandhlwana to face-saving at Rorkes Drift and the final humiliation of the Zulu nation at Ulundi, this is the contemporary view of how the events were conveyed to the public of Great Britain.Featuring original engravings from the Illustrated London ... Leer más

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  • Commando

    A Boer Journal of the Boer War

    de Deneys Reitz ...
    Today the word “commando” conjures a picture of daring special forces raids. But originally it was the Boer word for a mobile column of fighting men.This is the account of one such fighting man.Aged just seventeen Deneys Reitz, son of the ex-President of the Orange Free State and then State Secretary of the South African Republic, took up his rifle and joined the Boer Army.It was 1899, and ... Leer más

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  • Zulu

    Queen Victoria's Most Famous Little War

    de W B Bartlett ...
    The Zulu War grabs attention in a way that no other of Queen Victoria's "Little Wars" does. It is a story rich in the extremes of human experience: gallantry, cowardice, savagery, hubris, and sheer, stark terror amongst others. The way the campaign unfolded was a consequence of the actions of Britain's commander in the field, Lord Chelmsford, who thought that the outcome would be a foregone ... Leer más

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  • Like Wolves on the Fold

    The Defence of Rorke's Drift

    de Mike Snook ...
    A detailed chronicle of a significant opening battle in the Anglo-Zulu War: "The Zulu attack on Rorke's Drift thrillingly retold" (Richard Holmes).On January 22nd, 1879, the British Army in South Africa was swept aside by the seemingly unstoppable Zulu warriors at the Battle of Isandlwana. Nearby, at a remote outpost on the Buffalo River, a single company of the 24th Regiment and a few dozen ... Leer más

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  • Isandlwana

    How the Zulus Humbled the British Empire

    The historian and founder of the Anglo-Zulu War Historical Society presents his groundbreaking account of the Battle of Isandlwana.The story of the British Army's defeat at Iswandlwana in 1879 has been much written about, but never with the detail and insight revealed by the research of Dr. Adrian Greaves. In reconstructing the dramatic and fateful events, Greaves draws on newly discovered letters ... Leer más

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  • Commando

    A Boer Journal of the Boer War [Illustrated Edition]

    de Deneys Reitz ...
    During his exile in Madagascar, Boer soldier Deneys Reitz wrote about his experience of the Second Boer War (1899-1902). When it was eventually edited and published in 1929 as Commando: A Boer Journal of the Boer War, it still had the freshness and detail of an account written soon after the war.Reitz' descriptions of the tumult through the eyes of a warrior in the saddle form not only a succinct ... Leer más

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  • Rorke's Drift

    Zulu War

    Series series Battleground South Africa
    The heroic defence of the mission station at Rorke's Drift became the epic action of the Anglo-Zulu War. A small garrison defended this valuable border-post for ten hours and in the process won the northern sector at Ntcombe Drift, Hlobane and Khambula. Essential reading for those who wish to learn the facts rather than the myths of this legendary stand. ... Leer más

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