The Boer War / Winston Churchill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Churchill, Winston, author.

Series:

Winston Churchill collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.

Churchill, Winston.

Buller, Redvers, 1839-1908.

Buller, Redvers.

Hamilton, Ian, 1853-1947.

Hamilton, Ian.

South African War, 1899-1902--Personal narratives.

South African War, 1899-1902.

South African War, 1899-1902--Prisoners and prisons, Afrikaner.

Escapes.

South African War, 1899-1902--Journalists--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 pages) : maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : RosettaBooks, 2013.

Summary:

One of Churchill's best-known books -- his eyewitness account of the Boer War. On October 12, 1899 the first shots of the Boer War were fired at Kraaipan. Winston Churchill left his regiment the 4th Hussars, in the spring of that year, but was eager to be back in action. He wasted no time getting hired as a war correspondent for "The Morning Post," and sailed from Southampton aboard the Dunottar Castle on October 14, reaching Cape Town by October 31st. For the next eight months he filed regular despatches to "The Morning Post." His articles were later printed as two comparatively short books -- London to Ladysmith via Pretoria and Ian Hamilton's March. They have since been published together as one book under the title, The Boer War. Churchill's unique style paints a vivid and dramatic picture of the conflict, and the problems confronting the long untried British Army in their fight against the Boers' determined resistance.

Contents:

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 Homes

XVII. 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

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 Episode

VII. 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.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 17, 2016).

ISBN:

0-7953-2966-0