The origins of the Anglo-Boer War -- Opposing strategies and armies. The Boers -- The British -- The Natal Campaign : the opening stages. The prelude to Colenso -- The commanders -- The Battle of Colenso -- The aftermath of Colenso -- The Battle of Spioenkop. After Spioenkop -- Breakthrough. The relief of Ladysmith -- The battlefields of today.
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"General Buller's campaign in Natal in 1899, and the defeats at Colenso and Spioenkop, mark a turning point in British military history. The army that had won and policed a great empire was humbled by a militia composed of South African frontier farmers -- the Boers. Ian Knight sets the battles in context, and explains the failure of a professional army, skilled in the fighting techniques of the nineteenth century, when faced with an enemy whose weapons and tactics foreshadowed the warfare of the twentieth"--Page 4 of cover.
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South African War, 1899-1902-- Campaigns-- South Africa-- Colenso.