South Africa and the Transvaal war (Volume V): From the disaster at Koorn Spruit to lord roberts's entry into Pretoria

By Louis Creswicke

Between ambush and advance, an empire recalculates its war. A war turns on moments. Louis Creswicke's Volume V of South Africa and the Transvaal War follows the second Boer war from the Koorn Spruit disaster to Lord Roberts's entry into Pretoria, capturing the pressure, logistics, and hard-earned decisions of South Africa 1900. Written as a Victorian war chronicle yet shaped like a disciplined historical campaign narrative, this is illustrated military history with a reporter's eye and an editor's sweep. Creswicke draws together official perspectives and frontline observation to chart manoeuvre, morale, and the shifting map of the Transvaal Republic history. Readers interested in the Winston Churchill Boer war dispatches or the Arthur Conan Doyle Boer war account will recognise the era's urgency, while finding here a vivid, single-volume arc within a larger record. It serves equally as a military history reference and a gripping narrative for armchair generals, general readers, and South African history students. As a near-contemporary account of the capture of Pretoria, the volume preserves the language, assumptions, and detail that later histories must interpret. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. For the classic-literature shelf, it is a handsome doorway into the archives of a defining conflict. It is also a rewarding companion for anyone tracing how Britain and the Boer republics fought, reported, and remembered the campaign together today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9353709059
• ISBN13: 9789353709051
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"