The Boer War
Subtitle: London to Ladysmith via Pretoria and Ian Hamilton's march
By: Winston S. Churchill
Contributors: Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
Edition: Bloomsbury Revelations edition.
Series: Bloomsbury revelations
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781472520821; 9781472520845; 9781472520838
Subjects: South African War, 1899-1902; Personal narratives; Afrikaner Prisoners and prisons; Escapes; Journalists; Biography
Notes: "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."
Table of contents: title: Steaming south --; title: The state of the game --; title: Along the southern frontier --; title: In Natal --; title: A cruise in the armoured train --; title: Distant guns --; title: The fate of the armoured train --; title: Prisoners of war --; title: Through the Dutch camps --; title: In Afrikander bonds --; title: I escape from the Boers --; title: Back to the British lines --; title: Christmas and New Year --; title: A military demonstration and some good news --; title: The dash for Potgieter's Ferry --; title: Trichardt's drift and the affair of Acton Homes --; title: The battle of Spion Kop --; title: Through the five days' action --; title: A fresh effort and an army chaplain --; title: The combat of Vaal Krantz --; title: Hussar Hill --; title: The engagement of Monte Cristo --; title: The passage of the Tugela --; title: The battle of Pieters : the third day --; title: Upon Majuba Day --; title: The relief of Ladysmith --; title: After the siege.