The Work of the Ninth Division - Couverture souple

Colvile, H. E.

 
9781845747459: The Work of the Ninth Division
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1845747453 ISBN 13 : 9781845747459
Editeur : Naval and Military Press, 2009

Synopsis

This book will prove of unusual interest, not only to students of the Boer War, but to all those interested in military competence and the exercise of command in the field. Its author, Maj-Gen. Sir H.E. Colvile, was relieved of his command of the Ninth Division after twice incurring the displeasure of Lord Roberts, C-in-C of the British Army in South Africa. The affair led to a Parliamentary Inquiry - demanded by the young Winston Churchill - which backed Roberts’ condemnation of Colvile’s conduct. In his report to Parliament, Roberts stated that Colvile had twice shown ‘A want of initiative and military capacity’ and had ‘Failed to grasp the situation and to act with the energy and enterprise ... essential for command in the field’. In a private note attached to his copy of this book General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien - later a distinguished Great War commander - was even more damning. Smith-Dorrien - who had disobeyed Colvile’s orders to retire during the engagement at Sannah’s Post in order to rescue wounded men - wrote: “Were all the facts known about Gen. Colvile’s conduct on this occasion he would have (incurred) much severer comments than Lord Roberts’. I was a Brigadier under him there and was absolutely disgusted with him as a General and as a man”. This book - which includes an account of the decisive battle of Paardeburg - is Colvile’s defence. Read it and judge for yourself.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book will prove of unusual interest, not only to students of the Boer War, but to all those interested in military competence and the exercise of command in the field. Its author, Maj-Gen. Sir H.E. Colvile, was relieved of his command of the Ninth Division after twice incurring the displeasure of Lord Roberts, C-in-C of the British Army in South Africa. The affair led to a Parliamentary Inquiry - demanded by the young Winston Churchill - which backed Roberts’ condemnation of Colvile’s conduct. In his report to Parliament, Roberts stated that Colvile had twice shown ‘A want of initiative and military capacity’ and had ‘Failed to grasp the situation and to act with the energy and enterprise ... essential for command in the field’. In a private note attached to his copy of this book General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien - later a distinguished Great War commander - was even more damning. Smith-Dorrien - who had disobeyed Colvile’s orders to retire during the engagement at Sannah’s Post in order to rescue wounded men - wrote: “Were all the facts known about Gen. Colvile’s conduct on this occasion he would have (incurred) much severer comments than Lord Roberts’. I was a Brigadier under him there and was absolutely disgusted with him as a General and as a man”. This book - which includes an account of the decisive battle of Paardeburg - is Colvile’s defence. Read it and judge for yourself.

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Éditeur
Naval and Military Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1845747453
ISBN 13 
9781845747459
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
276
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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