The Victorian Soldier in AfricaThis book re-examines the campaign experience of British soldiers in Africa during the period, 1874-1902--the zenith of the Victorian imperial expansion--and does so from the perspective of the regimental soldier. The book utilizes an unprecedented number of letters and diaries, written by regimental officers and other ranks, to allow soldiers to speak for themselves about their experience of colonial warfare. The book provides commentary on soldiers' views of commanding officers and politicians alongside assessment of war correspondents, colonial auxiliaries and African natives in their roles as bearers, allies and enemies. |
Contents
Introduction page | 1 |
Fighting the Asante | 20 |
Asante War 187374 page | 22 |
Campaigning in southern Africa | 35 |
AngloZulu War 1879 | 39 |
Battling the Boers | 59 |
AngloBoer War 188081 | 62 |
Intervention in Egypt | 77 |
Operations near Suakin 188491 | 91 |
Engaging the Mahdists | 99 |
The Gordon relief expedition | 112 |
Northern Sudan 188498 142 | 125 |
Trekking through Bechuanaland | 132 |
Bechuanaland and the South African War 18991902 | 158 |
Reengaging the Boers | 159 |
Select bibliography | 193 |
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Page iv - John M. MacKenzie, Propaganda and Empire: The Manipulation of British Public Opinion, 1880-1960 (Manchester: Manchester University Press), 1984; John M.