Project Gutenberg 2008-03-16 Public domain in the USA. 180 Swinton, E. D. (Ernest Dunlop) 1868 1951 Swinton, Ernest Dunlop The Defence of Duffer's Drift Produced by Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Defence of Duffer's Drift" by E. D. Swinton is a military treatise written in the early 20th century. The book presents a fictional account that serves as an instructional guide on the principles of small unit tactics and defense strategies in warfare. It encapsulates the challenges faced by a young officer in a remote area during the Second Boer War. The story follows a young British officer tasked with defending a strategic location known as Duffer's Drift with a small detachment. What unfolds is a series of dreams in which he repeatedly faces the possibility of an enemy attack, leading him to learn crucial lessons about military strategy and positioning through trial and error. Each dream builds upon the previous one, as the protagonist reflects on his mistakes—from underestimating the enemy and failing to prepare adequate defenses, to recognizing the importance of concealment and tactical positioning. Ultimately, he learns to adapt his strategies successfully, leading to the holding of Duffer's Drift and enabling a significant victory in the larger context of the war. The narrative combines storytelling with practical military lessons, making it both engaging and educational for readers interested in military history and tactics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Military art and science South African War, 1899-1902 Tactics Guerrilla warfare U Text Browsing: History - Warfare 133718 130838 2024-09-10T13:22:31.845370 2023-09-11T06:31:20.250047 text/html text/html 129011 2021-01-03T09:52:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 140751 2021-01-03T09:52:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 177672 2024-09-10T13:22:36.764393 application/epub+zip 178368 2024-09-10T13:22:33.521376 application/epub+zip 93156 2024-09-10T13:22:32.467374 application/epub+zip 320549 2024-09-10T13:22:39.022359 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 307636 2024-09-10T13:22:35.904360 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 184656 2022-09-11T12:15:20.024833 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 115464 115378 2024-09-10T13:22:31.459397 2023-09-11T06:31:19.926058 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 115396 2021-01-03T09:52:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 43714 2021-01-03T09:52:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 115386 2021-01-03T09:52:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 43695 2021-01-03T09:52:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20436 2024-09-10T13:22:39.168341 application/rdf+xml 13531 2024-09-10T13:22:32.822365 image/jpeg 3462 2024-09-10T13:22:32.647369 image/jpeg 184895 2024-09-10T13:22:31.859430 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia