The Australian Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Zulu and Boer Wars

Description

Title: The Australian Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Zulu and Boer Wars

Author: Austin, Ron

Condition: Mint

Edition: 1st Edition

Publication Date: 1999

ISBN: 0958529639

Cover: Hard Cover without Dust Jacket  – 326 pages

Comments: With a foreword written by Max Chamberlain, probably Australia’s foremost authority on Australian participation in the Second Boer War.

Particular attention has been paid to the contribution made by the various Australian colonies.
There are many entries on Australian battles and personalities of the Second Anglo-Boer War.
Entries cover men such as Bridges, Chauvel, Elliott, Glasgow and Howse, who all reached high command positions in the Australian Army during the 1914-1918 war.

In addition, there are entries covering such topics as Concentration Camps, Health, Nursing, Scorched Earth Policy etc.

Appendices include a Chronology of the three wars; lists of all Victoria Cross winners and the 597 members of Australian units who died in the Boer War.

The major battles of the Zulu War such as Rorke’s Drift and Isandhlwana are covered, as are the later British battles like Majuba, Magersfontein, Spion Kop and Colenso, plus major Australian actions like Diamond Hill, Elands River, Koster River, Pink Hill, Sunnyside and Wilmansrust.

Hard cover, p326, Over 200 photos, maps. Includes over 650 entries covering the Zulu War 1879, the First Boer War of 1810-81, and the Second Boer War of 1899-1902 incl.VC and Australian Honour Roll.

Signed by Author