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Download or read book Ladysmith written by Henry Woodd Nevinson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ladysmith: The Diary of a Siege For the most part, spread out among gardens full of roses, honeysuckle, and syringa. But at the station all day and night the scene was not idyllic. Every hour train after train moved away - stores and firewood in front, horses next, and luggage vans for the men behind. The partings from lovers and wives and children must be imagined. They are bad enough to witness when our own soldiers go to the front. But these men are not soldiers at all. Each of them came direct from his home in the town or on some isolated farm. They rode up, dressed just in their ordinary clothes, but for the slung Mauser and the full cartridge belt over the Shoulder or round the waist. Except for a few gunners, there is no uniform in the Boer Army. Even the officers can hardly be distinguished from ordinary farmers. The only thing that could be called uniform is the broad-brimmed soft hat of grey or brown. But all Boers wear it. It is generally very stained and dirty, and invariably a rusty crape band is wound about the crown. For the Boer, like the English poorer classes, has large quantities of relations, and one of them is always dying. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Four Months Besieged written by Henry H. S. Pearse and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Four Months Besieged: The Story of Ladysmith The siege of Ladysmith will long remain in the memories of the age. The annals of war furnish the record of many fierce struggles, in which men and women have undergone sufferings more terrible and possibly shown a devotion rising to sublimer heights. But the Boer War of 1899-1900 will mark an epoch, and throughout its opening stage of four months the minds of men, and the hopes and fears of the whole British race, centred upon the little town in mid-Natal where Sir George White with his army maintained a valiant resistance against a strenuous and determined foe without, and disease and hunger and death within, until, to use his own words, that slow-moving giant John Bull should pass from his slumber and bestir himself to take back his own. For that reason alone the story of Ladysmith will remain memorable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book The Green Horse in Ladysmith written by St John Gore and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ...siege in Ladysmith! We all go on with our daily work exactly as if we were in camp in England, except for the precautions to keep men and horses out of sight in the daytime. The only difference this rather unwelcome intelligence made to us was that the "commanding officer" spent most of Sunday afternoon walking about Green Horse Valley devising various improvements which could usefully be made for the comfort of officers and men, and also making plans to meet some eventualities that might arise: the most formidable of the latter being the sudden flooding of the River Klip, which rises to a great height in a few hours. "D " and " C" squadrons at present are standing well below highwater mark, so higher positions had to be selected for them as alternative ones. Several new shelters for the men were also planned: these were much required, against the sun no less than against the rain. No. 4560 Private Harry Ashlin died at Intombi camp this day, from enteric fever. Dec. 18.--"B" and "D" squadrons working at making shelters. A trench wide enough to hold two rows of men lying down, feet inwards, is dug; an upright, made of a split sleeper, is put in the centre of each end of this trench, and a wire is stretched across from the top of one upright to the other; over this wire a tarpaulin is laid, so that the wire forms the "ridge pole" of the tent, and the sides of the tarpaulin are pegged down to the ground on either side. Ample provision for drainage has to be made. A tent of this sort holds about 25 men lying down; and from 40 to 50 sitting, when taking shelter on a wet day. The earth excavated is thrown up on the side towards the enemy, and though the ground on which these...
Download or read book Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege written by Henry W. Nevinson and published by Tredition Classics. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of international literature classics available in printed format again - worldwide.
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Download or read book The History of the Boer War to the Occupation of Bloemfontein Vol 2 of 2 Classic Reprint written by Foster H. E. Cunliffe and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History of the Boer War to the Occupation of Bloemfontein, Vol. 2 of 2 HE first part Of this work contained an account Of the field T operations in Natal down to the relief Of Ladysmith, and Of the events in the western. Theatre Of war as far as the middle Of December, 1899. The present volume includes a narrative Of the sieges Of Ladysmith and Kimberley, Of the Operations round Colesberg, Of the events on Modder River and north Of Sterkstroom until the arrival Of Lord Roberts, and Of the campaign in the Free State up to the occupation Of Bloemfontein. I have selected the last point as a suitable Stopping-place; because, by establishing our military superiority, the march from the Modder ended the first period Of the war and placed our armies on the road - albeit a long and difficult one - to final success. From that time onward the contest gradually changed its character: its main stream broke up into many smaller currents; and although the history Of these, as presenting the complete development Of our South African system, possesses an interest fully equal to any that appertains to the earlier portion Of the struggle, the labour Of tracing their endless deviations and counter eddies appears at present disproportioned to the profit that a single writer could derive from it. Limitation in point Of the period covered was, however, not the only one to which I have been obliged to submit; and a few remarks are necessary as to the materials and method which have been employed in the compilation Of the present volume. After the first was completed it was decided to abandon the system Of fortnightly instalments, and to publish the whole Of the second in ordinary volume form. The reasons for this change were. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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