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The Boer War /
A fascinating piece of first-person reporting from the British statesman's early years as a war correspondent in South Africa. As a young, ambitious soldier, Winston Churchill managed to get himself posted to the 21st Lancers in 1899 as a war correspondent for the Morning Post'and joined t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
RosettaBooks,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Book One: London to Ladysmith via Pretoria; Maps and Plans; Introductory Note; I. Steaming South; II. The State of the Game; III. Along the Southern Frontier; IV. In Natal; V.A Cruise in the Armoured; VI. Distant Guns; VII. The Fate of the Armoured Train; VIII. Prisoners of War; IX. Through the Dutch Camps; X. In Afrikander Bonds; XI. I Escape from the Boers; XII. Back to the British Lines; XIII. Christmas and New Year; XIV. A Military Demonstration and some Good News; XV. The dash for Potgeiter's Ferry.
- XVI. Trichardt's Drift and the Affair of Acton HomesXVII. The Battle of Spion Kop; XVIII. Through the Five Days' Action; XIX. A Fresh Effort and an Army Chaplain; XX. The Combat of Val Krantz; XXI. Hussar Hill; XXII. The Engagement of Monte Christo; XXIII. The Passage of the Tugela; XXIV. The Battle of Pieters: the Third Day; XXV. Upon Majuba Day; XXVI. The Relief of Ladysmith; XXVII. After the Siege; Book Two: Ian Hamilton's March; Maps and Plans; Preface; I.A Roving Commission; II. Exit General Gatacre; III. At Half-way House; IV. Two Days with Brabazon; V. Two Days with Brabazon-continued.
- VI. The Dewetsdorp EpisodeVII. Ian Hamilton's March; VIII. Ian Hamilton; IX. The Action of Houtnek; X. The Army of the Right Flank; XI. Lindley; XII. Concerning a Boer Convoy; XIII. Action of Johannesburg; XIV. The Fall of Johannesburg; XV. The Capture of Pretoria; XVI. "Held by the Enemy"; XVII. Action of Diamond Hill; Appendix: Composition of Lieut. General Ian Hamilton's Force.