Castle, I: Majuba, 1881 The hill of destiny
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Osprey Military Campaign S.
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
15.11.1996
Abbildungen
b&w illustrations b&w photographs colour illustrations maps portraits
Verlag
Bloomsbury USASeitenzahl
96
Maße (L/B/H)
24.6/18.3/0.7 cm
Gewicht
358 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-85532-503-6
In 1881 the tension between Britain and the Boer farmers of southern Africa that had existed for 75 years boiled over into open conflict. The British entered the war full of confidence, yet in a few short weeks they had suffered three separate reverses before suffering their final humiliating defeat on the isolated summit of Majuba. George Colley's force were swept off their 'unassailable' position and into headlong retreat. It was a defeat that sent shock waves reverberating around the Empire. Ian Castle examines not only the battle at Majuba, but also the previous engagements at Laing's Nek, Schuinshoogte and Bronkhorstspruit.
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