Author: Sir Winston S. Churchill
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472520831
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 393
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On October 11th,1899 long-simmering tensions between Britain and the Boer Republics - the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic - finally erupted into the conflict that would become known as the Second Boer War. Two days after the first shots were fired, a young writer by the name of Winston Churchill set out for South Africa to cover the conflict for the Morning Post. The Boer War brings together the two collections of despatches that Churchill published on the conflict. London to Ladysmith recounts the future Prime Minister's arrival in South Africa and his subsequent capture by and dramatic escape from the Boers, the adventure that first brought the name of Winston Churchill to public attention. Ian Hamilton's March collects Churchill's later despatches as he marched alongside a column of the main British army from Bloemfontein to Pretoria. Published together, these books are a vivid eye-witness account of a landmark period in British Imperial History and an insightful chronicle of a formative experience by Britain's greatest war-time leader.
Author: Sir Winston Churchill
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781019452295
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This gripping account of the ill-fated Dardanelles campaign of World War I, written by one of the campaign's principal architects, is a classic of military history. With vivid descriptions of the battles and campaigns, Ian Hamilton's March is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of modern warfare. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Winston Churchill
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486165159
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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In addition to his enduring fame as a statesman, Winston Churchill was a Nobel Prize-winning author whose military histories offer the unique perspective of a participant in world affairs. London to Ladysmith and Ian Hamilton's March reflect his early career as a Boer War correspondent for London's Morning Post in 1899 and 1900. London to Ladysmith chronicles the Boer War's first five months, from the author's arrival in South Africa to his capture during a Boer ambush of an armored train. Churchill's gripping narrative of his escape from a prisoner-of-war camp traces a grueling journey across enemy territory and back to British lines. Ian Hamilton's March picks up the action immediately afterward, documenting the eponymous general's 400-mile advance from Bloemfontein to Pretoria. The march saw ten major battles and numerous skirmishes, culminating in the release of prisoners from the camp where Churchill himself was held. Written mostly in the field, this book offers a vivid, personal account of the conditions under which the Boer War was fought, as well as a fascinating look at the formative years of one of the twentieth century's preeminent leaders.
Author: Frederick Woods
Publisher:
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Category : South African War, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 405
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Author: Simon Read
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306823810
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 329
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Combat, cigars, and whiskeyÑfrom the jungles of Cuba and the mountains of the Northwest Frontier, to the banks of the Nile and the plains of South Africa, comes this action-packed tale of Winston ChurchillÕs adventures as a war correspondent in the Age of Empire.
Author: Graham Freudenberg
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Aus.
ISBN: 1742623670
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 622
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"Australia seemed to bring out the worst in Winston Churchill. Often enough to form a discernible pattern, Australia found itself on the wrong side of the very qualities-his strength of will, singleness of purpose, his refusal to 'give way, in things great or small, large or petty', the power of his imagination to set grim reality at defiance, his mastery of the English language-that made Winston Churchill, as the philosopher Isaiah Berlin described him, 'the saviour of his country, the largest human being of his time'." Winston Churchill was a titan of the 20th Century, universally acknowledged as one of the greatest leaders of his age. Yet his relationship with Australia was a fraught one, tainted by the military failure of the Gallipoli campaign in the First War, and the disaster of Singapore in the Second. Churchill the patrician, descendant of dukes, could not appreciate Australia's dearly held egalitarianism, while Churchill the imperial statesman was impatient, and at times intolerant, of Australia's growing urge towards independence. The relationship between the two would span the first 50 tumultuous years of the 20th Century, from the Boer War through to opening salvoes of the Cold War, and act as a fascinating backdrop to Australia's maturity from a collection of autonomous colonies to full nationhood. Written with extraordinary narrative verve, and relying on exhaustive research and a true insider's knowledge of the political world, this is history written at its compelling best. Winner of the Walkley Award for Non-fiction 2008
Author: Sophia Elizabeth Higgins
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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The Bernard family of Abington and Nether Winchendon in Buckinghamshire, England between the thirteenth and nineteenth centuries--including a portion of the family who immigrated to New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts and returned later as Loyalists (during the Revolutionary War).
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 700
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Author: William Edward Bowen
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Category : Bowen, Edward Ernest, 1836-1901
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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Author: Edmund Burke
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 868
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