Project Gutenberg 2014-10-20 Public domain in the USA. 198 Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron 1857 1941 Baden-Powell, Robert Baden-Powell, R. S. S. Baden-Powell, Baron Robert Stephenson Smyth The Matabele Campaign Being a Narrative of the Campaign in Suppressing the Native Rising in Matabeleland and Mashonaland, 1896 Reading ease score: 69.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Giovanni Fini, Brian Coe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Matabele Campaign" by Baden-Powell of Gilwell is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The narrative details the military campaign aimed at suppressing the native uprising in Matabeleland and Mashonaland during 1896. The author, a major participant in the events, provides insights into the complex interactions between the British forces and the local tribes as tensions escalated into conflict. At the start of this work, Baden-Powell describes his journey to the front lines, detailing the preparations and the atmosphere leading up to the campaign. The narrative begins with his embarkation on a troop ship and subsequent travels through the Cape and Mafeking, before arriving in Buluwayo. Through vivid descriptions, he paints a picture of the region, the soldiers, and the early challenges faced, including the effects of rinderpest on livestock and supply issues which greatly impacted troop movements. The opening sets the stage for the unfolding conflict, foreshadowing the complexities of both the military engagements and the socio-political landscape of colonial Africa at the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Zimbabwe -- History -- Ndebele Revolt, 1896 Zimbabwe -- History -- Shona Revolt, 1896-1897 DT Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare 661650 661632 2024-10-19T16:32:02.162463 2023-09-20T11:44:54.524502 text/html text/html 673976 2014-10-19T18:52:04 text/html; charset=utf-8 2726575 2014-10-19T18:54:54 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 2913583 2024-10-19T16:32:13.843393 application/epub+zip 2919898 2024-10-19T16:32:04.598460 application/epub+zip 332108 2024-10-19T16:32:03.362480 application/epub+zip 3096559 2024-10-19T16:32:20.651387 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3028202 2024-10-19T16:32:12.405430 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451414 2022-09-21T12:12:59.014875 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 561035 2024-10-19T16:32:00.254486 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 566948 2014-10-19T18:52:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 219984 2014-10-19T18:54:54 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 561235 2014-10-19T18:52:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 218789 2014-10-19T18:54:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 561243 2014-10-19T18:53:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 218704 2014-10-19T18:54:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23192 2024-10-19T16:32:20.814400 application/rdf+xml 21228 2024-10-19T16:32:03.515467 image/jpeg 3281 2024-10-19T16:32:03.457462 image/jpeg 2767934 2024-10-19T16:32:02.400483 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