The Victorian Soldier in Africa

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Manchester University Press, 2004 - History - 212 pages
This 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

Intervention in Egypt 1882
78

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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.

About the author (2004)

Edward M. Spiers is Professor of Strategic Studies at the University of Leeds

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