The Transvaal Rebellion: The First Boer War, 1880-1881Pearson/Longman, 2005 - 264 sivua This account of the First Boer War of 1881-1881 shows how the British army was jolted out of its complacency by the effective fire and movement tactics of the Boers and the lethal effects of modern small arms. John Laband demonstrates how the Transvaal rebellion highlighted the problems of imperial overreach in a far-flung empire, and emphasised the many divisive political, ideological, racial, social and economic tensions in nineteenth-century South Africa which prefigured the great crisis of the Boer War of 1899-1902. |
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The Boer and British military systems | 59 |
the Boers seize the military initiative | 86 |
the blockaded garrisons | 107 |
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58th Regiment administration advance ammunition Anstruther arms Army arrived artillery attack attempt battle believed Bellairs Boers British brought Butler called camp Cape carried Childers close Colley Colley's colonial column command companies considerable continued cover December defence Durban effective English February field fighting fire force forward Free further garrison ground guns hand heavy held High hill hold horses imperial infantry January Joubert Journal killed Kimberley Kruger laager Laing's Nek Lanyon later London Major Majuba March miles military Mount Prospect mountain mounted move Natal Newcastle officers operations Orange political position Potchefstroom Pretoria reached Rebellion Regiment reinforcements remained Republic ridge Rifles River road Royal rule sent side siege soldiers South Africa southern staff supplies took town Transvaal troops wagons Wolseley Wood wounded yards