The Naval Brigade in Natal: With the Guns of H. M. S. Terrible & H. M. S. Tartar during the Boer War 1899-1900

by C.R.N. Burne

Book Overview

With the big guns of the Royal Navy in South Africa

During the history of warfare-particularly during the nineteenth century-there has been the need to employ naval brigades for duty on land fighting alongside the army. Both the Indian Mutiny and the Zulu War saw sailors in action far from their ships. The Boer War was no exception. Although essentially a citizen army the Boer forces often had superiority of firepower as a result of the adoption...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846775019
• ISBN13: 9781846775017
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"