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Edward Spiers, a leading authority on the Victorian British army, presents here a select edition of letters from the siege of Ladysmith (1899–1900) that have not been seen since their original publication in metropolitan and provincial newspapers. The 250 letters were published in different British newspapers and provide crucial insights into contemporary perceptions of the battles that preceded the siege, the onset of the siege itself, and the desperate and bloody attempts to relieve the town. Subsequent efforts to defend Ladysmith – and to march to its relief – became the great dramatic saga of the early phase of the Anglo–Boer War, providing the context for a series of dramatic ba...
A personal record of Winston Churchill's adventures and impressions during the first five months of the Boer War. It incldes an account of the Relief of Ladysmith, and also the story of Churchills capture, and dramatic escape from the Boers.
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Four Months Besieged" (The Story of Ladysmith) by Henry H. S. Pearse. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
A vivid, personal account of the conditions under which the Boer War was fought, this volume contains dispatches the future statesman wrote in 1899 and 1900 as a newspaper correspondent.
Reproduction of the original: Ladysmith by H.W. Nevinson
Film documents singing and dancing by male a cappella choirs in competition (isicathamiya). In Zulu. Footage of both performers and audience.