Letters from Kimberley. Eyewitness Accounts from the South African War - Spiers, Edward M.
Eyewitness Accounts from the South African War
KORTE INHOUD
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 exp...
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[Auteur: Spiers, Edward M.] [Pagina's: 208] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Frontline Books, London] [Jaar: 2013] [Titel: Letters from Kimberley. Eyewitness Accounts from the South African War]
