LEADER 01508oam 2200301z- 450 001 9910157585303321 005 20230906203136.0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000942046 035 $a(BIP)057966612 035 $a(VLeBooks)9781787202672 035 $a(Perlego)3019266 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000942046 100 $a20211110d2016 uy | 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aBattles of the Boer War 210 $cPickle Partners Publishing 215 $a1 online resource (177 p.) 311 08$a9781787202672 311 08$a1787202674 330 8 $a1899--40,000 Boer farmers declare war on the British Empire, defeat the most experienced regular army of the day, and make it a capital offence to shoot a British general.It was the last of the Gentlemen's Wars and the first of the modern wars. But for the blood-stained lesions Learned on the veld, 1914 might well have ended in defeat.'An excellent book'--British Army Review'Admirable...with an intimate picture of many of the commanders involved, of the notorious actions in the First two years of the war: Belmont, Modder River, Magersfontein, Colenso, Spion Kop'--The Observer'Baring Pemberton has made lively use of unpublished letters, diaries und suchlike evidence...critical and fair'--Irish Times 700 $aPemberton$b W. Baring$0681679 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910157585303321 996 $aBattles of the Boer War$93585464 997 $aUNINA