Rain Of Lead
Publisher: Greenhill Books
Published: May 9, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781853674372
Subjects: African history: c 1500 to c 1900; c 1800 to c 1900; Military - General; History; History - Military / War; History: World; Republic of South Africa; Military - Other; Africa - South - South Africa; Europe - Great Britain - General; History / Military / World War II; Africa - General; Potchefstroom (South Africa); Siege, 1880-1881
First sentence: The audacity of the Transvaal Boers who could muster no more than 7,000 fighting men in 1880 when they rose in rebellion against the might of the British Empire has been likened to David challenging Goliath.
Notes: Hardbound