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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog contributor b8842810.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-94).".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "96 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1855324660 (pbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Osprey military campaign series ; 38".
- catalog isPartOf "Osprey military campaign series ; 38.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Osprey,".
- catalog spatial "South Africa Colenso.".
- catalog subject "968.0484 20".
- catalog subject "Colenso, Battle of, Colenso, South Africa, 1899.".
- catalog subject "DT1908.C65 K57 1995".
- catalog subject "South African War, 1899-1902 Campaigns South Africa Colenso.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Colenso 1899 : the Boer War in Natal / Ian Knight.".
- catalog type "Bildband. swd".
- catalog type "text".