Battle Story: Mafeking 1899-1900 (eBook)

Edmund Yorke (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
160 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-5766-3 (ISBN)

Infos

The Siege of Mafeking remains one of the most renowned actions of the Second Boer War, with the British Army defeating a Boer force of up to 8,000 men with barely 1,500 troops. In a siege that lasted 217 days, Robert Baden-Powell and his troops withheld attack from the Boers against all the odds and Mafeking was finally relieved on 17 May 1900. It caused much public excitement in Victorian Britain, with Baden-Powell emerging as a national hero. If you want to understand what happened and why – read Battle Story. One of the most famous, if controversial, battles of the Second Boer War – memorialised across South Africa, Canada and the United Kingdom The Siege of Mafeking was instrumental in turning Robert Baden-Powell (later founder of the Scouts) into a national hero Includes significant contribution from South African, Canadian and Australian troops.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.2014
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Baden Powell • Baden-Powell • Battle • battle, siege of mafeking, second boer war, boer wars, boer war, british army, boer force, siege, victorian, victorian era, victorians, baden-powell, baden powell, robert baden powell, robert baden-powell • boer force • Boer War • boer wars • British Army • robert baden powell • Robert Baden-Powell • Second Boer War • Siege • siege of mafeking • Victorian • Victorian Era • victorians
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-5766-2 / 0750957662
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-5766-3 / 9780750957663