عنوان

Deconstructing the Myth of the Deaths of Piet and Dirk Uys

شماره

LA115566

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Deconstructing the Myth of the Deaths of Piet and Dirk Uys

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Michał Leśniewski

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

The Battle of eThaleni was an important Zulu victory during the early stages of the Zulu-Boer War of 1838-1840. There is a surprisingly large number of studies on this battle, yet most focus on the deaths of Piet and Dirk Uys, and the heroic circumstances of their deaths, rather than on the battle itself. The lack of classical studies on this battle has led to the persistence of several assumptions concerning this battle and the causes of the Voortrekker defeat. Among these are the crucial role played in the defeat by the conflict between Potgieter and P.L. Uys, and Potgieter's over-cautiousness during the battle, which supposedly put P.L. Uys in danger and led to his death. The goal of this text is to discuss and question these assumptions. The author argues that blame should be more evenly distributed, and that P.L. Uys was no less responsible than Potgieter for the defeat. Moreover, this text seeks to better appreciate the role of the Zulu commander, Nzobo kaSobadli, whose generalship was crucial to the Zulu victory. The Battle of eThaleni was an important Zulu victory during the early stages of the Zulu-Boer War of 1838-1840. There is a surprisingly large number of studies on this battle, yet most focus on the deaths of Piet and Dirk Uys, and the heroic circumstances of their deaths, rather than on the battle itself. The lack of classical studies on this battle has led to the persistence of several assumptions concerning this battle and the causes of the Voortrekker defeat. Among these are the crucial role played in the defeat by the conflict between Potgieter and P.L. Uys, and Potgieter's over-cautiousness during the battle, which supposedly put P.L. Uys in danger and led to his death. The goal of this text is to discuss and question these assumptions. The author argues that blame should be more evenly distributed, and that P.L. Uys was no less responsible than Potgieter for the defeat. Moreover, this text seeks to better appreciate the role of the Zulu commander, Nzobo kaSobadli, whose generalship was crucial to the Zulu victory.

تاريخ نشر

2018

توصيف ظاهري

1-23

عنوان

Journal of African Military History

شماره جلد

2/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2468-0966

اصطلاح موضوعی

Battle of eThaleni

اصطلاح موضوعی

Boers

اصطلاح موضوعی

history of South-Eastern Africa

اصطلاح موضوعی

kwaZulu-Natal

اصطلاح موضوعی

South Africa

اصطلاح موضوعی

the Great Trek

اصطلاح موضوعی

Zulu-Boer War

اصطلاح موضوعی

Zulus

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Michał Leśniewski

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/24680966-00201001

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y