Blue Berg
Subtitle: Britain takes the Cape : an account of the 1806 Battle of Blaauwberg and the participants as well as the causes leading up to this, the second occupation of the Cape by the British
By: by Mark Robert Dunbar Anderson.
Publisher: M.R.D. Anderson
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [South Africa]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780620413367
Subjects: British -- South Africa -- History -- 19th century; British -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History -- 19th century; Bloubergstrand (South Africa) -- History; Blaauwberg, Battle of, South Africa -- 1806; Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- History -- 1795-1872; South Africa -- History -- To 1836; Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- History, Military -- 19th century
Table of contents: title: The landing; title: The Dutch East India Company at the Cape; title: The enlightenment; title: The far frontier; title: Britain and the Pitt family; title: The first British occupation; title: Napoleon; title: British strategy; title: Cork to Cape Town; title: The generals; title: British and Dutch regiments; title: The battle; title: The capitulation.