Battle Story: Mafeking 1899-1900
Edmund Yorke
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Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 60 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFM; 3JJ; HBJD; HBJH; HBLW; HBWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
The Siege of Mafeking remains one of the most renowned actions of the Second Boer War, with the British Army defeating a Boer force of up to 8,000 men with barely 1,500 troops. In a siege that lasted 217 days, Robert Baden-Powell and his troops withheld attack from the Boers against all the odds and Mafeking was finally relieved on 17 May 1900. It caused much public excitement in Victorian Britain, with Baden-Powell emerging as a national hero. If you want to understand what happened and why – read Battle Story. One of the most famous, if controversial, battles of ... Read more
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Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750955669
SKU
V9780750955669
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99-5
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