Rorke's Drift and Isandlwana / Ian F.W. Beckett.
Rorke's Drift and Isandlwana / Ian F.W. Beckett.
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Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
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G 2019/3426
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxii, 225 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Content type
text
still image
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
The battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879, the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War, witnessed the worst single day's loss of British troops between the battle of Waterloo in 1815 and the opening campaigns of the First World War in August 1914. Moreover, decisive defeat at the hands of the Zulu came as an immense shock to a Victorian publi...
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Rorke's Drift and Isandlwana / Ian F.W. Beckett.
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Great battles
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-213) and index.
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G 2019/3426
Record Identifier
74VKVeQOjK2Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVeQOjK2Z
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ISBN
0198794126
9780198794127 (hbk.)
DDC
968.4045
MMS ID
991024256702202626
