The Victorian soldier in Africa /

Spiers, Edward M,

The Victorian soldier in Africa / Edward M. Spiers. - 1 online resource (xii, 212 pages) : maps, plans - Studies in imperialism . - Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England) .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index.

Introduction -- Fighting the Asante -- Campaigning in southern Africa -- Battling the Boers -- Intervention in Egypt -- Engaging the Mahdists -- The Gordon relief expedition -- Trekking through Bechuanaland -- Reconquering the Sudan -- Re-engaging the Boers -- Epilogue.

This work is licensed under the following Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Open Access

This book re-examines the campaign experience of British soldiers in Africa during the period 1874-1902. It uses using a range of sources, such as letters and diaries, to allow soldiers to 'speak form themselves' about their experience of colonial.


English.

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Great Britain. Army.
Great Britain. Army --History--19th century.
Great Britain. Army.


1800-1899


Soldiers--Africa.
Humanities.
History.
Military history.
HISTORY--Military--General.
HISTORY--Military--Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Military Science.
Soldiers.
Kolonialkrieg
Soldat


Great Britain--History.
Africa--History, Military--19th century.
Africa.
Great Britain.
Afrika
Großbritannien

Multi-User.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Military history.

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