Author: Craig WilcoxPublisher: Craig WIlcox
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Contains a guide to researching the records of those Australians who served in the Boer War, 1899-1902.
Special Bibliographic Series
Author: US Army Military History Research CollectionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 626
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 : 372
Book Description
War Department, Office of the Chief of Staff, War College Division, General Staff
Author: Small Wars
Author: Sir Charles Edward CallwellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
The Boer War
Author: Craig WilcoxPublisher: Craig WIlcox
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Contains a guide to researching the records of those Australians who served in the Boer War, 1899-1902.
From Boer War to World War
Author: Spencer JonesPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806189614
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
The British Expeditionary Force at the start of World War I was tiny by the standards of the other belligerent powers. Yet, when deployed to France in 1914, it prevailed against the German army because of its professionalism and tactical skill, strengths developed through hard lessons learned a dozen years earlier. In October 1899, the British went to war against the South African Boer republics of Transvaal and Orange Free State, expecting little resistance. A string of early defeats in the Boer War shook the military’s confidence. Historian Spencer Jones focuses on this bitter combat experience in From Boer War to World War, showing how it crucially shaped the British Army’s tactical development in the years that followed. Before the British Army faced the Boer republics, an aura of complacency had settled over the military. The Victorian era had been marked by years of easy defeats of crudely armed foes. The Boer War, however, brought the British face to face with what would become modern warfare. The sweeping, open terrain and advent of smokeless powder meant soldiers were picked off before they knew where shots had been fired from. The infantry’s standard close-order formations spelled disaster against the well-armed, entrenched Boers. Although the British Army ultimately adapted its strategy and overcame the Boers in 1902, the duration and cost of the war led to public outcry and introspection within the military. Jones draws on previously underutilized sources as he explores the key tactical lessons derived from the war, such as maximizing firepower and using natural cover, and he shows how these new ideas were incorporated in training and used to effect a thorough overhaul of the British Army. The first book to address specific connections between the Boer War and the opening months of World War I, Jones’s fresh interpretation adds to the historiography of both wars by emphasizing the continuity between them.
Naval Brigades in the South African War
Author: Thomas Tendron JeansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : South African War, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
The Boer War 1899–1902
Author: Gregory Fremont-BarnesPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472810171
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Victorious in its previous campaigns in Africa against native armies, Britain now confronted an altogether different foe. The Boers proved to be formidable opponents, masterfully compensating for inferior numbers with grim determination, resourcefulness and strong religious faith. Their mobility, expert use of cover, and knowledge of the terrain, in which they employed powerful long-range magazine rifles, gave them initial advantages. By contrast the British suffered from inadequate transport, insufficient mounted troops and poor intelligence. Despite marshalling the immense resources of their empire, the British were to be severely tested in a war which one general described as 'the graveyard of many a soldier's reputation'.
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
The Naval War of 1812; Or, the History of the United States Navy During the Last War with Great Britain, to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans; Volume 1
Author: Theodore RooseveltPublisher: Franklin Classics
ISBN: 9780342577903
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
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