Anglo-Boer War. 1899-1902
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The Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902) made an indelible impression on contemporaries. It was deployed by the South African Republic (Republic of Transval) and the Orange Free State (Orange Republic) as a preventive action against the British Empire. The first period of the war was marked by the brilliant victories of armed with the most advanced weapons of farmers-brows over the regular units of the imperial troops. On the battlefields of the Mauser rifle and Maxim machine guns, they opposed the tactics of the era of the Napoleonic wars, which European armies continued to adhere to. Thanks to the massive transfer of British troops to South Africa in 1900, the empire managed to ensure a numerical and technical advantage. After the last army of Burov was destroyed, a partisan war unfolded in the territory of the Orange Republic and Transvaal. In the end, the British won, but paid the death of more than 20,000 soldiers for it. Arthur Conan Doyle was familiar with the events of the Anglo-Broke war firsthand: he took a direct part in hostilities as a surgeon of the field hospital. To create a detailed chronicle of those years, the brilliant narrator used many documentary materials and unique oral evidence of eyewitnesses. From the moment of its first publication in 1900 to 1908, this book withstood more than 30 reprints! The history of the tragic, the most important for the world history of the events of the Anglo-Broke war, deserves the attention of everyone who is interested in military and political history
Author:
Author:Doyle a .
Cover:
Cover:Soft
Category:
- Category:History & Geography
- Category:Historical Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:newspaper
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-389-15566-4
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