Author: Thomas T. JeansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : South African War, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Naval Brigades in the South African War, 1899-1900
Author: Thomas T. JeansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : South African War, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Naval Brigades in the South African War, 1899-1900 (Classic Reprint)
Author: Thomas Tendron JeansPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781527630871
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Excerpt from Naval Brigades in the South African War, 1899-1900 Despite the fact that so much has already been written on the subject, I feel assured that this little contribution to the history Of the struggle in South Africa needs neither explanation nor excuse. It is the story Of how, at a time when their comrades of the land service were in dire need of help, the seamen hastened to place their ships' guns on improvised carriages, took them ash ore, and in the nick of tims enabled our military forces to cope on equal terms with the Boer artillery. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Naval Brigades in the South African War
Author: Thomas Tendron JeansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : South African War, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Naval Brigades in the South African War, 1899-1900
Author: Surg T. T. JeansPublisher:
ISBN: 9781843420941
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
If the part played by the Royal Navy in the Boer War has been overlooked among all the land based operations then this book will help to put matters right; the naval guns, brought ashore on improvised carriages, enabled the army to cope on equal terms with the Boer artillery and Royal Marines supplemented army units. A brigade of 17 officers and 267 men was at Ladysmith with guns to match those of the Boers; 33 died, of these one officer and five men were battle casualties , 27 (two of them officers) died from disease. And naval gun detachments outside the town played a big part in the relief. Another brigade, in Cape Colony, joined Lord Methuen s Kimberley relief force and took part in the battle of Belmont on 23 November 1899. Two days later a brigade which included 200 marines were in action at Graspan (also known as the battle of Enslin), a strong Boer position, and in the operations leading to its capture the marines lost 3 officers and 86 men of a total casualty list of 9 officers and 185 men. This is a comprehensive account of operations involving naval and marine units and appendices include casualty details, names of officers and details of honours and awards, including mention in despatches.
Naval Brigades in the South African War 1899-1900
Author: T. T. Jeans Surg T. T. JeansPublisher:
ISBN: 9781847340924
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Naval Brigades in the South African War, 1899-1900
Author: Thomas T. JeansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naval history
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Naval Brigades in the South African War, 1899-1900 - Scholar's Choice Edition
Author: Thomas T JeansPublisher: Scholar's Choice
ISBN: 9781298411686
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
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Naval Brigades in the South African war 1899-1900
Author: Thomas Tendron JeansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naval Brigade
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
With the Naval Brigade in Natal, 1899-1900: Journal of Active Service
Author: C. R. N. BurnePublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "With the Naval Brigade in Natal, 1899-1900: Journal of Active Service" by C. R. N. Burne. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The Naval Brigade in Natal
Author: C. R. N. BurnePublisher:
ISBN: 9781846775017
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
With the big guns of the Royal Navy in South Africa During the history of warfare-particularly during the nineteenth century-there has been the need to employ naval brigades for duty on land fighting alongside the army. Both the Indian Mutiny and the Zulu War saw sailors in action far from their ships. The Boer War was no exception. Although essentially a citizen army the Boer forces often had superiority of firepower as a result of the adoption of up to date weaponry. All Armies, the British included, lagged behind-trusting to the tried rather than the innovative. Artillery was ever the master of the battlefield however and there is an overwhelming power to naval guns served by naval gunners which is almost impossible to counter by forces lacking the same facility. The author of this book, C. R. N. Burne was a serving naval officer and one of those detached for such duty during the conflict in South Africa. His story is full of interesting detail of life on campaign and the of the guns themselves in action.