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Letters from Kimberley: Eyewitness Accounts from the South African War Edward M. Spiers

Letters from Kimberley: Eyewitness Accounts from the South African War von Edward M. Spiers

Letters from Kimberley: Eyewitness Accounts from the South African War Edward M. Spiers


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Recounts the extraordinary defence of Kimberley (1899 - 1900) Told through eye-witness accounts, many of them not republished since the siege

Letters from Kimberley: Eyewitness Accounts from the South African War Zusammenfassung

Letters from Kimberley: Eyewitness Accounts from the South African War Edward M. Spiers

'Full of new material, fresh insights and perceptive analysis.' Ian Knight The defence of Kimberley - and the mission to relieve it - was one of the great dramatic sagas of the South African War. The actual relief, following a spectacular cavalry charge, represented the first decisive upturn in the fortunes of the British war effort, soon followed by a crushing defeat of the Boers at the battle of Paardeberg. Within Kimberley citizens suffered from dwindling food stocks and enemy shelling, but even more controversial were the tensions that erupted between the siege commander, Lieutenant-Colonel Kekewich, and Kimberley's leading citizen, Cecil Rhodes. In this illuminating new history, Edward Spiers, presents a selection of first-hand accounts of this epic siege. The 260 letters were published originally in British metropolitan and provincial newspapers and they provide crucial insights into the perceptions of civilians caught up in the siege; the desperate and bloody attempts to relieve the town; and the experiences of junior officers and other ranks as they struggled to cope with the demands of modern warfare. Full of human incident, drama and pathos, these fascinating eyewitness testimonies make for compelling reading and add richly to our understanding of the events in Cape Colony.

Über Edward M. Spiers

EDWARD M. SPIERS is the Professor of Strategic Studies at the School of History, University of Leeds. He is the author of several books and articles on military history, including Letters from Ladysmith and The Late Victorian Army, and co-editor of A Military History of Scotland which won the Saltire Prize for the best book on Scottish history in 2012.

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GOR007585651
9781848326576
1848326572
Letters from Kimberley: Eyewitness Accounts from the South African War Edward M. Spiers
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd
20140301
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