Britain's Forgotten Wars: Colonial Campaigns of the 19th CenturyThe History Press, 14 de set. de 2016 - 224 páginas This is a collection of Ian Heron's three books, "Massacre and Retribution", "The Savage Empire" and "Blood in the Sand". Much has been written about the great British military triumphs of the 19th century, but there are many more astonishing stories which have been largely forgotten. These forgotten wars cannot hope to compete in history with the Crimean War or the Boer War, but for acts of sheer courage and endurance, they deserve to be remembered. Using the actual words of the soldiers themselves, Ian Hernon presents an account which evokes Victorian colonial warfare in all its barbarity and the self-righteous belief of the British in the rectitude of their cause. |
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... honour , a fast and furious form of warfare . Fleet - footed warriors , armed with spears or clubs edged with razor coral , would charge straight through the enemy , striking only one blow and running on to another . The crippled enemy ...
... honour , a fast and furious form of warfare . Fleet - footed warriors , armed with spears or clubs edged with razor coral , would charge straight through the enemy , striking only one blow and running on to another . The crippled enemy ...
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... honour of killing all the pakehas ( white men ) ? ' In July 1844 he raided Kororareka to take home a Maori maiden living shamefully with a white butcher . The woman had previously been one of Heke's servants and at a bathing party on ...
... honour of killing all the pakehas ( white men ) ? ' In July 1844 he raided Kororareka to take home a Maori maiden living shamefully with a white butcher . The woman had previously been one of Heke's servants and at a bathing party on ...
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... honour, by blocking public roads around the barracks, and by having his buglers practise close to their homes. Despard insisted that his new command abandon its modern drill manuals and return to those of his younger days. The result ...
... honour, by blocking public roads around the barracks, and by having his buglers practise close to their homes. Despard insisted that his new command abandon its modern drill manuals and return to those of his younger days. The result ...
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... honoured by both sides and the occasional violent clash was small in scale. Most of the 58th, which had done the lion's share of the fighting, left for Australia after a riotous ball organized by the grateful ladies of Auckland. Bridge ...
... honoured by both sides and the occasional violent clash was small in scale. Most of the 58th, which had done the lion's share of the fighting, left for Australia after a riotous ball organized by the grateful ladies of Auckland. Bridge ...
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The Arracan Expedition Andaman Islands 1867 | |
The Magdala Campaign 18678 | |
The Modoc Indian War 18723 | |
The Riel Rebellion 1885 | |
The Benin Massacre 1897 | |
The Tirah Campaign 18978 | |
the War Correspondents | |
Bibliography | |
Part Three Blood in the Sand | |
Introduction | |
The Gurkha War 181416 | |
The Defeat of the Borneo Pirates 18409 | |
The Ashanti War of the Golden Stool 1900 | |
Part Two The Savage Empire | |
Introduction | |
The Capture and Loss of Buenos Aires 18067 | |
The First Burma War 18246 | |
The Black War Tasmania 182430 | |
The Opium War 183942 | |
The Persian War 18567 | |
The Arrow or Second China War 185660 | |
The Shortest War Zanzibar 1896 | |
The Storming of Madagascar 1845 | |
The First Sikh War 18456 | |
The Second Sikh War 18489 | |
Eureka Stockade Australia 1854 | |
The Defence of Kars Turkey 1855 | |
The Fenian Invasion of Canada 1866 | |
The Battle of Orange Walk Belize 1872 | |
The Hut Tax War Sierra Leone 1898 | |
Bibliography and Sources | |
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Britain's Forgotten Wars: Colonial Campaigns of the 19th Century Ian Hernon Visualização parcial - 2016 |
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