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The Boer War : London to Ladysmith via Pretoria and Ian Hamilton's march / Winston S. Churchill.

By: Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 [author.].
Material type: TextTextSeries: Bloomsbury revelations: Publisher: London: Bloomsbury, 2013Edition: Bloomsbury Revelations edition.Description: 375 p.ISBN: 9781472520821 (pbk.); 9781472520845 (epub); 9781472520838 (epdf).Contained works: Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria | Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965. Ian Hamilton's march.Subject(s): Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 | Buller, Redvers, 1839-1908 | Hamilton, Ian, 1853-1947 | South African War, 1899-1902 -- Personal narratives | South African War, 1899-1902 -- Prisoners and prisons, Afrikaner | Escapes | South African War, 1899-1902 -- Journalists -- BiographyDDC classification: 968.048092 LOC classification: DT1916 | .C48 2013
Contents:
Steaming south -- The state of the game -- Along the southern frontier -- In Natal -- A cruise in the armoured train -- Distant guns -- The fate of the armoured train -- Prisoners of war -- Through the Dutch camps -- In Afrikander bonds -- I escape from the Boers -- Back to the British lines -- Christmas and New Year -- A military demonstration and some good news -- The dash for Potgieter's Ferry -- Trichardt's drift and the affair of Acton Homes -- The battle of Spion Kop -- Through the five days' action -- A fresh effort and an army chaplain -- The combat of Vaal Krantz -- Hussar Hill -- The engagement of Monte Cristo -- The passage of the Tugela -- The battle of Pieters : the third day -- Upon Majuba Day -- The relief of Ladysmith -- After the siege.
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"First published in Great Britain as London to Ladysmith and Ian Hamilton's March by Longmans, Green in 1900 This edition first published by Leo Cooper in 1989, reissued by Pimlico 2002."

Steaming south -- The state of the game -- Along the southern frontier -- In Natal -- A cruise in the armoured train -- Distant guns -- The fate of the armoured train -- Prisoners of war -- Through the Dutch camps -- In Afrikander bonds -- I escape from the Boers -- Back to the British lines -- Christmas and New Year -- A military demonstration and some good news -- The dash for Potgieter's Ferry -- Trichardt's drift and the affair of Acton Homes -- The battle of Spion Kop -- Through the five days' action -- A fresh effort and an army chaplain -- The combat of Vaal Krantz -- Hussar Hill -- The engagement of Monte Cristo -- The passage of the Tugela -- The battle of Pieters : the third day -- Upon Majuba Day -- The relief of Ladysmith -- After the siege.

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