Good-bye Dolly Gray: The Story of the Boer WarTaking his title from a British song that bade farewell to an era, Rayner Kruger describes the background, the arms and armies, the campaigns and personalities of the war in which soldiers from across the British Empire marched to a succession of brave defeats at hands of sharpshooting farmers. These were calamitous blows, struck not only at an immense British Army but -- as the old century passed into the new -- at Victorian prestige, assumptions, and complacency. |
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Page 243
... retreat would not be easy be- cause the river curled round behind them . The three hills were Buller's target on the 17th . His attack was notable for the efforts of his men to keep in perfect alignment as they advanced over rough bushy ...
... retreat would not be easy be- cause the river curled round behind them . The three hills were Buller's target on the 17th . His attack was notable for the efforts of his men to keep in perfect alignment as they advanced over rough bushy ...
Page 248
... retreat . The steep approaches to the fords of a rivulet across the Transvaalers ' escape route south - east of Ladysmith were made cha- otic by the struggle to escape . Even the elements had turned against them , night coming on in a ...
... retreat . The steep approaches to the fords of a rivulet across the Transvaalers ' escape route south - east of Ladysmith were made cha- otic by the struggle to escape . Even the elements had turned against them , night coming on in a ...
Page 498
... retreat , 277 ; at Bat- tle for Jo'burg , 294 ; at Pretoria , 301 ; discusses surrender , 304 ; and prison- ers of war , 304-5 ; at Battle of Dia- mond Hill , 309-10 ; commands west- ern commandos , 325 , 361 ; in western Transvaal ...
... retreat , 277 ; at Bat- tle for Jo'burg , 294 ; at Pretoria , 301 ; discusses surrender , 304 ; and prison- ers of war , 304-5 ; at Battle of Dia- mond Hill , 309-10 ; commands west- ern commandos , 325 , 361 ; in western Transvaal ...
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advance ammunition army arrived artillery attack Baden-Powell battle Black Week blockhouse Bloemfontein Boers British brought Buller burghers called camp Cape Town captured cavalry Chamberlain Christian de Wet Colenso Colesburg colonial column command commandos convoy Cronje Cronje's defence east eastern Transvaal Elandslaagte enemy England farm fighting fire flank force Free Staters French front garrison Gatacre Government guerilla guns Hamilton hills horses infantry Johannesburg Joubert Kimberley Kitchener Kitchener's Klerksdorp kopjes Kroonstad laager Ladysmith leaders Lord Louis Botha Lydenburg Mafeking Magersfontein Methuen miles military Milner Modder move Natal Native night officers Orange Paul Kruger peace position President Steyn Pretoria reached reinforcements Reitz retreat Rhodes rifles river Roberts Roberts's rode round Schalk Burger scouts sent side siege Smuts soldiers South Africa Spion Kop strength summit supplies surrender tion troops Tugela Uitlanders Vaal veld Victorian Viljoen wagons western Wet's White wounded