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DT1875 .T45 2006eb
DT1875
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T45
2006eb
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0817381805
(Number (ISBN
9780817381806
Erroneous ISBN
0817353682
Erroneous ISBN
9780817353681
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b797198
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Black soldiers of the queen :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
the Natal native contingent in the Anglo-Zulu War /
First Statement of Responsibility
P.S. Thompson.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
Rev. ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Tuscaloosa :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Alabama Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
©2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (vii, 179 pages) :
Other Physical Details
maps
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-179).
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
The coming of war -- Mobilization : the first regiment, pioneers and mounted troops -- Mobilization (continued) : the second and third regiments -- The third regiment in the Zulu country -- Disaster at Isandlwana -- Escape from the Zulu country -- Disbanding of the third regiment -- The second regiment to Eshowe and back -- Remodelling of the contingent -- The relief of Eshowe -- War in the thorns -- War on the plain -- War in the hills -- In the Zulu heartland -- Victory at Ulundi -- The king chase -- The return of peace.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Africans who fought alongside the British against the Zulu king. "Black Africans made up more than half of the British army that invaded Zululand in January of 1879 and went on to fight the storied battles of Isandlwana, Rorke's Drift, and Ulundi. The British force totaled some 16,800 men, at least 9,000 of whom were Africans. Of these a few, perhaps as many as 1,000, were dissident Zulus. ... The bulk of the large African component, however, was comprised of the Natal Native Contingent (NNC), men recruited from Africans resident in Natal. "This is the force whose story Tho.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS NOTE (ELECTRONIC RESOURCES)
Text of Note
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Black soldiers of the queen.
International Standard Book Number
9780817353681
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Great Britain.-- Colonial forces-- South Africa-- History-- 19th century.
Great Britain.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Zulu War, 1879-- Regimental histories.
Zulu War, 1879.
Armed Forces-- Colonial forces.
HISTORY-- General.
HISTORY.
Regimental histories.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
South Africa.
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(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
HIS-- 001040
HIS-- 047000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
968
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4045
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
DT1875
Book number
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T45
2006eb
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Thompson, P. S., (Paul Singer)
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201207095854.0
Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))
pn
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
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