Project Gutenberg 2009-02-23 Public domain in the USA. 106 Great Britain. War Office Maurice, John Frederick 1841 1912 Maurice, J. F. (John Frederick) History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government Reading ease score: 61.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Malcolm Farmer, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4)" by Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This detailed narrative examines the military conflict involving the British Empire and the Boer Republics, focusing on the preparations, operations, and outcomes of the war. The work likely serves as a comprehensive analysis of British military strategies in a conflict that was both contentious and pivotal in shaping South African history. At the start of the volume, the author sets the stage for the war by discussing the political climate and military preparedness leading up to the conflict. The opening chapter details the situation just prior to the outbreak of war, including the reinforcements mobilized by the British government and the strategic decisions taken based on intelligence regarding Boer military capabilities. The narrative illustrates the hesitance of the British leadership to acknowledge the potential need for conflict, as well as their underestimation of the Boer forces, leading to a critical re-evaluation of military tactics and logistics as the war commenced. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en South African War, 1899-1902 DT Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare 1852449 1834791 2024-10-12T07:49:58.107489 2023-09-12T10:47:52.630020 text/html text/html 1738959 2010-07-29T09:34:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 10295297 2010-07-29T09:37:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 10595810 2024-10-12T07:50:47.079248 application/epub+zip 10622955 2024-10-12T07:50:11.484432 application/epub+zip 605727 2024-10-12T07:50:05.046465 application/epub+zip 7369713 2024-10-12T07:51:06.148196 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 7157512 2024-10-12T07:50:38.450294 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 966439 2022-09-13T07:20:00.733810 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1308649 1308541 2024-10-12T07:49:50.349527 2023-09-12T10:47:44.844432 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1308396 2010-07-29T09:34:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 422902 2010-07-29T09:37:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1308392 2009-02-23T15:08:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 422733 2009-02-23T15:09:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21520 2024-10-12T07:51:06.420144 application/rdf+xml 22462 2024-10-12T07:50:06.008446 image/jpeg 4594 2024-10-12T07:50:05.539458 image/jpeg 10536758 2024-10-12T07:49:58.345556 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