By Edward M. Spiers
ISBN-10: 0719061210
ISBN-13: 9780719061219
This publication re-examines the crusade event of British squaddies in Africa in the course of the interval, 1874-1902--the zenith of the Victorian imperial expansion--and does so from the point of view of the regimental soldier. The ebook makes use of an exceptional variety of letters and diaries, written through regimental officials and different ranks, to permit squaddies to talk for themselves approximately their event of colonial war. The booklet presents observation on squaddies' perspectives of commanding officials and politicians along review of conflict correspondents, colonial auxiliaries and African natives of their roles as bearers, allies and enemies.
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In the centre the carriers for hammocks and ammunition were to move. The plan looked excellent on paper, but no one thought it would come off as wished in practice. m. on 31 January, the Black Watch under the command of Brigadier Sir Archibald Alison, a one-armed veteran of the Crimea, engaged the enemy. With their pipers playing, company after company descended into the ravine, meeting with a ferocious fire from the Asantes. Private Ferguson recalls: This was a trying way for us, young soldiers, to get under fire.
Lewis, like others, was impressed by the signs of civilisation in Asante territory, especially by comparison with the villages south of the Pra: ‘the houses’, he noted, ‘are built in a kind of square, with a court in the centre and open – I mean with no covering – the walls are built and thatched, having the front or side facing the court open . . the floors are about 3ft. 37 On the other hand, meeting the prisoners released by the Asantehene (King Kofi), including a German missionary, his wife and child, gave a powerful insight into Asante practices.
5 under Rowlands) were to defend the borders of Natal and the Transvaal, respectively, while the other three were to cross into Zululand on 11 January 1879. Wood’s No. 4 Column was to cross the Blood River and subdue the northern areas of the Zulu kingdom; Colonel C. K. Pearson’s No. 1 Column was to cross the Lower Drift of the Tugela (Thukela) River and establish a base for future operations at the abandoned mission of Eshowe; and No 3, or Centre, Column, nominally under Colonel Richard T. Glyn, but effectively under Chelmsford’s command, would cross into Zululand at Rorke’s Drift, where a supply depot was established on 11 January 1879.
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