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Author : James McKay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : South Africa
ISBN : HARVARD:HXDUDV
Author : J. McKay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0842613633
Author : James McKay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Eastern Cape
ISBN : UOM:39015021582427
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Van Riebeeck Society, The
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : James McKay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:84423535
Author : William Ross King
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1108032192
First published in 1853, this book chronicles the personal experience of the 'Kaffir' war of 1851-2 (now known as the eighth Xhosa or frontier war), between the European settlers and the native inhabitants of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Serving as a lieutenant, William Ross King (1822-90) sailed to South Africa from Cork with the 74th Highlanders in March 1851 and remained there until late 1852. His memoir was not intended as a detailed history of military operations in the Kaffir war and in fact encompasses all of King's experiences in South Africa rather than focusing solely on the conflict. The book is especially notable for its extremely one-sided account of events: King exhibits a particularly scathing attitude towards the Xhosa people, who were 'committing the most deliberate outrages and murders' and displaying 'cowardly treachery' towards the European settlers.
Author : Keith Smith
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 579 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783030613
"The War of Mlanjeni was the longest conflict in South African history until the second Anglo-Boer War. The loss of life was substantially heavier than that of the Zulu War of 1879 and the political after-effects of it were significantly greater than those that followed the Zulu War. The Zulu War has been the subject of numerous accounts but the silence surrounding the Eighth Frontier War is deafening. Harry Smith's Last Throw fills this gap: a moving history, vividly drawn out using eye-witness accounts. The narrative is not limited to the British perspective. Xhosa accounts have been translated (many for the first time) to avoid an Anglo-centric bias. For both sides by the 8th War there was a great deal of blood to avenge and brutal killings were perpetrated by many combatants. The author provides a colorful backdrop, explaining how the Dutch East India Company came to the Cape to establish a provision station for ships on the way to its East Indies empire. Dutch Burghers settled there but the Company had no interest in Africa itself. In order to be viable farms had to be large and this created a class of independent-minded who looked increasingly to the interior of Africa, pushing the Colonys borders. The wars with the Xhosa were the result of the eventual expansion of these boundaries into Xhosa territory."
Author : George McCall Theal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1912
Category : South Africa
ISBN : UVA:X001466791
Consists of letters by Colonel H.G. Smith and Governor Benjamin D'Urban to each other and to others concerned woth the Kaffir Wars.
Author : Ian Knight
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230767317
Ian Knight's Warriors in Scarlet is a comprehensive and stirring history of the Victorian army between 1837 to 1860, from the Battle of Bossendon Wood to the Crimean War, a period of seismic change as the rapid expansion of the empire saw the British army fighting in small wars across the world. An acclaimed military historian, Knight reveals the brutal reality of colonial conflict from both sides. Drawing on first-hand accounts he shows us the reality of life for the British soldier in this era – the drudgery of peacetime service for the ordinary soldier, the excitement and privations of posting overseas, the floggings and desertions, the regimental pride and comradeship. Knight vividly recreates the action on the ground, from bloody skirmishes in Southern Africa and siege warfare in New Zealand to disasters like the 1842 retreat from Kabul and Chillianwalla in the Punjab. British soldiers trained in tactics that had beaten Napoleon were forced to adapt when faced with warriors with very different skills fighting on their home ground, and yet the army won more than four-fifths of the battles they fought in this era. Knight describes how, by 1860 with their redcoats increasingly replaced by khaki, the British army was a more professional, efficient and increasingly ruthless fighting force. 'Impressively researched and highly readable analysis' – Tony Pollard, Professor of Conflict History and Archaeology, University of Glasgow
Author : Ron Lock,Peter Quantrill
Publisher : Frontline Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473876835
“A densely detailed account of the 1879 Zulu defeat of the British . . . portrays a complex and interesting segment of British/African history.”—Library Journal The battle of Isandlwana—a great Zulu victory—was one of the worst defeats ever to befall a British Army. At noon on 22 January 1879, a British camp, garrisoned by over 1700 troops, was attacked and overwhelmed by 20,000 Zulu warriors. The defeat of the British, armed with the most modern weaponry of the day, caused disbelief and outrage throughout Queen Victoria's England. The obvious culprit for the blunder was Lieutenant General Lord Chelmsford, the defeated commander. Appearing to respond to the outcry, he ordered a court of inquiry. But there followed a carefully conducted cover-up in which Chelmsford found a scapegoat in the dead—most notably, in Colonel Anthony Durnford. Using source material ranging from the Royal Windsor Archives to the oral history passed down to the present Zulu inhabitants of Isandlwana, this gripping history exposes the full extent of the blunders of this famous battle and the scandal that followed. It also gives full credit to the masterful tactics of the 20,000 strong Zulu force and to Ntshingwayo kaMahole, for the way in which he comprehensively out-generalled Chelmsford. This is an illuminating account of one of the most embarrassing episodes in British military history and of a spectacular Zulu victory. The authors superbly weave the excitement of the battle, the British mistakes, the brilliant Zulu tactics and the shameful cover up into an exhilarating and tragic tale. “A must for anyone interested in the Zulu War. Highly recommended.”—British Army Review
Author : JJ Klaas
Publisher : UJ Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781776453092
The book “Triangle of One Hundred Years Wars” provides an incredibly gripping and riveting South African historiography, chronologically articulated through an endogenous lens by a native South African. It chronicles a record reflective of the fundamental historical events within the southern part of Africa. The narrative delineates the adroitness of the visionary leadership of amaXhosa given the successes and failures on the protracted wars etched in the Eastern Cape region. Dr Jongi Joseph Klaas has a Bachelor of Pedagogics from the University of Fort Hare, South Africa; a Masters Degree from the from the University of Oklahoma in the United States of America and Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. In 2015 he published Memoirs of Relentless Pursuit. Currently, he is working on the battlefields of the African wars of resistance. ~ “When I wrote House of Phalo, more than 40 years ago, I could never have expected that we would have to wait so long for an African perspective.” Professor Jeff Peires “The book itself is a victory, it is a reward to those heroes who fought wars of resistance.” Ms Vathiswa Nhanha, Librarian at Cory Library, Rhodes University. “Jongi Klaas redefines the telling of history, his stories have a soul, they live in you.” Professor Ncedile Saule
Author : Ulrich van der Heyden,Jürgen Becher
Publisher : Franz Steiner Verlag
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 3515076247
Inhalt: Christliche und islamische Ausbreitung vom fruehen 18. Jahrhundert bis 1918/19: Mit Beitr�gen von Andreas Feldtkeller, Alex Carmel, Ejal Jakob Eisler, Frank Foerster, Klaus Hock, Viera Pawlikov�-Vilhanov�, Michael Pesek, Sigvard von Sicard, Werner Ustorf, Henry C. Jatti Bredekamp, Ernst Dammann, Hans Heese, Irving Hexham, Ulrich van der Heyden, Elfriede H�ckner, Gunther Pakendorf, Christoff Martin Pauw, Karla Poewe, Johannes W. Raum, Kathrin Roller, Andrea Schultze, Harri Siiskonen, Ursula Trueper. Mission und Gewalt in Asien: Mit Beitr�gen von Michael Bergunder, Albrecht Frenz, Vera Mielke, C. S. Mohanavelu, Andreas Nehring. Christliche Mission und deutsche Kolonialherrschaft in Afrika: Mit Beitr�gen von Cuthbert K. Omari, Ingrid Grienig, Kari Miettinen, Paul Nzacahayo, Gabriel K. Nzalayaimisi, Adja� Paulin Oloukpona-Yinnon, Joseph W. Parsalaw, Sara Pugach, Harald Sippel, Holger Weiss.
Author : Jeff Peires
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781868425631
The Dead Will Arise tells the story of Nongqawuse, the young Xhosa girl whose prophecy of the resurrection of the dead lured an entire people to death by starvation. The Great Cattle-Killing of 1856-57, which she initiated, is one of the most extraordinary and misunderstood events in South Africa's history. Jeff Peires was the first historian to draw on all available sources, from oral tradition and obscure Xhosa texts to the private letters and secret reports of police informers and colonial officials, and the original edition of The Dead Will Arise won the 1989 Alan Paton Sunday Times award for non-fiction.
Author : Jeffrey A. Auerbach
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198827375
Imperial Boredom offers a radical reconsideration of the British Empire during its heyday in the nineteenth century. Challenging the long-established view that that the Empire was about adventure and excitement, with heroic men and intrepid women settling new lands and spreading commerce and civilization around the globe, this thoroughly researched, engagingly written, and lavishly illustrated analysis instead argues that boredom was central to the experience of Empire. This volume looks at what it was actually like to sail to Australia, to serve as a soldier in South Africa, or to accompany a colonial official to the hill stations of India, and agrues that for numerous men and women, from governors to convicts, explorers to tourists, the Victorian Empire was dull and disappointing. Drawing on diaries, letters, memoirs, and travelogues, it demonstrates that all across the empire, men and women found the landscapes monotonous, the physical and psychological distance from home debilitating, the routines of everyday life wearisome, and their work unfulfilling. Ocean voyages were tedious; colonial rule was bureaucratic; warfare was infrequent; economic opportunity was limited; and indigenous people were largely invisible. The seventeenth-century Empire may have been about wonder and marvel, but the Victorian Empire was a far less exciting project.
Author : Alan Duff Moodie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : South Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041681698