Author: Henry Edward Colvile
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Languages : en
Pages : 247
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The Work of the Ninth Division, by Major-general Sir H. E. Colvile,...
Author: Henry Edward Colvile
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 247
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 247
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Work of the Ninth Division (Boer War)
Author: Sir H. E. Colvile
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ISBN: 9781845747459
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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This book will prove of unusual interest, not only to students of the Boer War, but to all those interested in military competence and the exercise of command in the field. Its author, Maj-Gen. Sir H.E. Colvile, was relieved of his command of the Ninth Division after twice incurring the displeasure of Lord Roberts, C-in-C of the British Army in South Africa. The affair led to a Parliamentary Inquiry - demanded by the young Winston Churchill - which backed Roberts' condemnation of Colvile's conduct. In his report to Parliament, Roberts stated that Colvile had twice shown 'A want of initiative and military capacity' and had 'Failed to grasp the situation and to act with the energy and enterprise ... essential for command in the field'. In a private note attached to his copy of this book General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien - later a distinguished Great War commander - was even more damning. Smith-Dorrien - who had disobeyed Colvile's orders to retire during the engagement at Sannah's Post in order to rescue wounded men - wrote: "Were all the facts known about Gen. Colvile's conduct on this occasion he would have (incurred) much severer comments than Lord Roberts'. I was a Brigadier under him there and was absolutely disgusted with him as a General and as a man." This book - which includes an account of the decisive battle of Paardeburg - is Colvile's defence. Read it and judge for yourself.
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ISBN: 9781845747459
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This book will prove of unusual interest, not only to students of the Boer War, but to all those interested in military competence and the exercise of command in the field. Its author, Maj-Gen. Sir H.E. Colvile, was relieved of his command of the Ninth Division after twice incurring the displeasure of Lord Roberts, C-in-C of the British Army in South Africa. The affair led to a Parliamentary Inquiry - demanded by the young Winston Churchill - which backed Roberts' condemnation of Colvile's conduct. In his report to Parliament, Roberts stated that Colvile had twice shown 'A want of initiative and military capacity' and had 'Failed to grasp the situation and to act with the energy and enterprise ... essential for command in the field'. In a private note attached to his copy of this book General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien - later a distinguished Great War commander - was even more damning. Smith-Dorrien - who had disobeyed Colvile's orders to retire during the engagement at Sannah's Post in order to rescue wounded men - wrote: "Were all the facts known about Gen. Colvile's conduct on this occasion he would have (incurred) much severer comments than Lord Roberts'. I was a Brigadier under him there and was absolutely disgusted with him as a General and as a man." This book - which includes an account of the decisive battle of Paardeburg - is Colvile's defence. Read it and judge for yourself.
The Life of Lord Roberts
Author: Sir George Forrest
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 410
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 410
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The Contemporary Review
Literature
The Life of Lord Roberts, K. G., V. C.
Author: Sir George Forrest
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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The Athenaeum
The Academy
The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
The Spectator
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1290
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A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1290
Book Description
A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.