Battles of the Boer War

• Autore: Pemberton W. Baring
• Pubblicazione: Pickle Partners Publishing
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
• Sommario/riassunto: 1899--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war: Belmont, Modder River, Magersfontein, Colenso, Spion Kop'--The Observer'Baring Pemberton has made lively use of unpublished letters, diaries und suchlike evidence...critical and fair'--Irish Times
• Titolo autorizzato: Battles of the Boer War
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910157585303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II