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Title: British Forces in Zululand 1879
Condition: New
ISBN-10: 1855321092
EAN: 9781855321090
ISBN: 9781855321090
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 01/24/1991
Description: On 4 March, 1878 at King William's Town, British Kaffraria, Gen. Sir Arthur Cunnynghame handed over supreme command of the British forces in southern Africa to his successor, Lt. Gen. Sir Frederic Thesiger. The High Commissioner, Sir Henry Bartle Frere, was convinced that one solution to the complex problems which beset the region was to overthrow the last powerful independent black kingdom bordering British possessions – the Zulu kingdom of King Cetshwayo KaMapande. However Cetshwayo had remained on the political defensive. This book descirbes the uniforms and equipment of the forces that Thesiger led across the border to wage war in Zululand.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 248mm
Item Length: 184mm
Item Width: 7mm
Item Weight: 222g
Author: Ian Knight
Illustrator: Richard Scollins
Contributor: Richard Scollins (Illustrated by)
Genre: History
Topic: Law & Politics
Book Series: Elite
Release Year: 1991

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