British Forces in Zululand 1879, Elite 32, Osprey
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- Product Code: ELI 32 [29519]
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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.
Contents:
- 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
Author: Ian Knight
Illustrated by: Richard Scollins
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (1991)
Description: 64 pages, Paperback, 248 X 185 mm.
Condition: VERY GOOD
Shipping weight: 350 gr.