OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 compiled by the Direction of His Majestyâ s Government. Complete in four volumes together with four volumes of full colour maps.

Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice and Captain Maurice Harold Grant. (With a staff of Officers)

ISBN 10: 1847340199 / ISBN 13: 9781847340191

Edité par Naval & Military Press Ltd, 2006

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2004 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1906-1910). Four text vols. 2660pp in total + Four oversize map vols. Of several distinguished histories of the Boer War - including works by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Leopold Amery - this is the most detailed, exhaustive, and probably definitive. It is the official British history of the conflict, complete in four substantial volumes accompanied by four slimmer volumes of maps. Vol. One covers the run-up to war, with descriptions of the South African terrain and the condition of the British and Boer forces. After the arrival of Sir Redvers Buller to take command of British forces, it narrates the sorry story of â Black Weekâ in December 1899 - the trio of defeats when three British columns were trounced at Magersfontein, Colenso and Stormberg. The first volume concludes with the arrival of â Bobsâ - Lord Roberts - to take over command from the hapless Buller and his re-organisation of the British army. Vol. Two opens with the Boer siege of Kimberley and its relief by British forces, followed by the British pursuit of the veteran Boer General Cronje and his defeat at Paardeberg. The campaign in the Orange Free State around its capital, Bloemfontein, follows. Then comes the sombre story of Spion Kop, a bloody British defeat. The volume concludes with an account of the siege and relief of Ladysmith. Vol Three concerns the beginning of the guerrilla phase of the war, with clearing operations in the Orange River and Transvaal against the legendary Boer guerrilla commander De Wet. There is also an account of the famous defence of Mafeking by Baden Powell, founder of the Scout movement, and of its relief which sent Britainâ s population into paroxysms of patriotic jubilation. Vol .Four is concerned with the final, most painful, phase of the war: the endgame. Under the command of Kitchener, and Generals later prominent in the Great War such as Plumer, French and Hamilton, the British waged a war of attrition to stamp out the final sparks of Boer resistance, using such â scorched earthâ methods as farm burning, blockhouse building and, most controversially of all, concentration camps. No serious student of the war can afford to be without these books.

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• Titre: OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 compiled by the Direction of His Majestyâ s Government. Complete in four volumes together with four volumes of full colour maps.
• Éditeur: Naval & Military Press Ltd
• Date de parution: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1847340199
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781847340191
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: New
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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  • Military History