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" Colenso 1899 : "
Ian Knight.
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BL
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963316
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b717686
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| Main Entry
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Knight, Ian,1956-
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| Title & Author
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Colenso 1899 : : the Boer War in Natal /\ Ian Knight.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: Osprey,, 1995.
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| Series Statement
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Osprey military campaign series ;; 38
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96 pages :: illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ;; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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1855324660
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: 9781855324664
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| Contents
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The origins of the Anglo-Boer War -- Opposing strategies and armies. The Boers -- The British -- The Natal Campaign : the opening stages. The prelude to Colenso -- The commanders -- The Battle of Colenso -- The aftermath of Colenso -- The Battle of Spioenkop. After Spioenkop -- Breakthrough. The relief of Ladysmith -- The battlefields of today.
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"General Buller's campaign in Natal in 1899, and the defeats at Colenso and Spioenkop, mark a turning point in British military history. The army that had won and policed a great empire was humbled by a militia composed of South African frontier farmers -- the Boers. Ian Knight sets the battles in context, and explains the failure of a professional army, skilled in the fighting techniques of the nineteenth century, when faced with an enemy whose weapons and tactics foreshadowed the warfare of the twentieth"--Page 4 of cover.
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South African War, 1899-1902-- Campaigns-- South Africa-- Colenso.
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Burenkrieg
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Military campaigns.
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Heer.
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Boerenoorlog (Zuid-Afrika)
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Veldslagen.
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Großbritannien
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Provinz Natal
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South Africa, Colenso.
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| Dewey Classification
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968.0484
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| LC Classification
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DT1908.C65K57 1995
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15.80bcl
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