Colenso 1899: The Boer War in Natal
Author:   Ian Knight
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Volume:   No. 38
ISBN:  

9781855324664


Pages:   98
Publication Date:   15 May 1995
Format:   Paperback
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Colenso 1899: The Boer War in Natal


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A highly-illustrated account of this significant British defeat during the Second Boer War. In 1899 Great Britain was at the height of its Imperial power. The Queen Empress had been on the throne for more than 50 years, and her domain touched upon every continent. Yet, as this book describes, the the British army suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of a citizen militia whom the British professionals despised as back-wood farmers. Alongside battle maps and illustrations, Ian Knight explores two key battles and their origins, including the missteps that led to the extensive British casualties in one week in December 1899.

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Author:   Ian Knight
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Osprey Publishing
Volume:   No. 38
Dimensions:   Width: 18.40cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 24.80cm
Weight:   0.356kg
ISBN:  

9781855324664


ISBN 10:   1855324660
Pages:   98
Publication Date:   15 May 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

The Origins of the Anglo-Boer War/Opposing Strategies and Armies/The Natal Campaign/The Opening Stages/The Commanders/The Battle of Colenso/The Battle of Spioenkop/Breakthrough/The Battlefields Today/Chronology/A Guide to Further Reading/Wargaming Colenso and Spioenkop

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Ian Knight was born in 1956. He was a freelance writer on military history for ten years before studying Afro-Caribbean History at the University of Kent. He has written widely on Zulu history and travelled extensively in Zululand. Ian was the editor of the Victorian Military Society journal for many years, and has written several books for Osprey.

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