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Hill of squandered valour : the Battle for Spion Kop, 1900 /

"Good focused context" pinpoints the historical significance of the single bloodiest episode in the Second Boer War'from a Zulu warfare expert (FGS Forum). Spion Kop, just northeast of Ladysmith, South Africa, was the largest hill in the region, being over 1,400 feet high, and it lay...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lock, Ron
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newbury [UK] ; Philadelphia : Casemate Pub., ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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