The Boer War : London to Ladysmith via Pretoria and Ian Hamilton's march / Winston S. Churchill.

"First published in Great Britain as London to Ladysmith and Ian Hamilton's March by Longmans, Green in 1900 This edition first published by Leo Cooper in 1989, reissued by Pimlico 2002."

Steaming south -- The state of the game -- Along the southern frontier -- In Natal -- A cruise in the armoured train -- Distant guns -- The fate of the armoured train -- Prisoners of war -- Through the Dutch camps -- In Afrikander bonds -- I escape from the Boers -- Back to the British lines -- Christmas and New Year -- A military demonstration and some good news -- The dash for Potgieter's Ferry -- Trichardt's drift and the affair of Acton Homes -- The battle of Spion Kop -- Through the five days' action -- A fresh effort and an army chaplain -- The combat of Vaal Krantz -- Hussar Hill -- The engagement of Monte Cristo -- The passage of the Tugela -- The battle of Pieters : the third day -- Upon Majuba Day -- The relief of Ladysmith -- After the siege.

On October 11th,1899 long-simmering tensions between Britain and the Boer Republics - the OrangeFree State and the Transvaal Republic - finally erupted into the conflict thatwould become known as the Second Boer War. Two days after the first shots werefired, a young writer by the name of Winston Churchill set out for South Africato cover the conflict for the Morning Post . The Boer War brings together the two collections of despatchesthat Churchill published on the conflict. Londonto Ladysmith recounts the future Prime Minister's arrival in South Africaand his subsequent capture by and drama.

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