British Forces in Zululand 1879, Elite 32, Osprey

Osprey's study of British troops prior to and during the Anglo-Zulu War (1879). On 4 March, 1878 at King William's Town, British Kaffraria, Gen. Sir Arthur Cunnynghame handed over supreme command of the British forces in southern Africa to his successor, Lt. Gen. Sir Frederic Thesiger. The High Commissioner, Sir Henry Bartle Frere, was convinced that one solution to the complex problems which beset the region was to overthrow the last powerful independent black kingdom bordering British possessions – the Zulu kingdom of King Cetshwayo KaMapande. However Cetshwayo had remained on the political defensive.

This book descirbes the uniforms and equipment of the forces that Thesiger led across the border to wage war in Zululand.

Περιεχόμενα:

• The Zulu War
• Infantry
• Infantry Uniforms
• Artillery
• Departmental Corps
• Naval Brigades
• Volunteers and Irregulars
• Natal's African Troops
• British Columns in Zululan, 1879
• The Plates

Συγγραφέας: Ian Knight

Εικονογράφηση: Richard Scollins

Έκδοση: Osprey Publishing (1991)

Περιγραφή: Σελ. 64, μαλακό εξώφυλλο, 248 Χ 185 mm. 

Κατάσταση: ΠΟΛΥ ΚΑΛΗ

Βάρος κατά την αποστολή: 350 gr.