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Condizione: New. 2003 N & M Press reprint (original pub 1908). SB. xi + 156pp .b/w photographs ,colour map.Published Price £14.50 The diary of a gunnery officer during ten months service with the Naval Brigade in South Africa. Burne joined Gen. Buller's force in Natal taking part in operations at Chieveley, Colenso, Spion Kop and Vaal Krantz between December 1899 and February 1900.Following the relief of Ladysmith the naval detachment was broken up.The men of HMS Powerful and HMS Terrible being recalled for service elsewhere.Burne was taken ill with dysentery and sent to recuperate near Maritzburg.On return to service in April he was given command of a naval detachment in General Hildyard's brigade.The writer gives a personal account of the eastern advance with reference to the engagement at Almonds Nek in June 1900.Following a second bout of illness in July the author returned to his unit near Sandspriut in the Transvaal until recalled from active service in October 1900.The volume contains notes on gunnery together with a diary of the war up to October 25, 1900. Extracts from despatches and hints on clothing and equipment for active service are appended. Book.…

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Condizione: New. Num Pages: 167 pages, Ill.M.(some col.). BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJC; HBJH; HBLW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 252. . 2004. Paperback. . . . .

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Condizione: New. Num Pages: 167 pages, Ill.M.(some col.). BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJC; HBJH; HBLW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 252. . 2004. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - With the big guns of the Royal Navy in South AfricaDuring the history of warfare-particularly during the nineteenth century-there has been the need to employ naval brigades for duty on land fighting alongside the army. Both the Indian Mutiny and the Zulu War saw sailors in action far from their ships. The Boer War was no exception. Although essentially a citizen army the Boer forces often had superiority of firepower as a result of the adoption of up to date weaponry. All Armies, the British included, lagged behind-trusting to the tried rather than the innovative. Artillery was ever the master of the battlefield however and there is an overwhelming power to naval guns served by naval gunners which is almost impossible to counter by forces lacking the same facility. The author of this book, C. R. N. Burne was a serving naval officer and one of those detached for such duty during the conflict in South Africa. His story is full of interesting detail of life on campaign and the of the guns themselves in action.…

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