Relief of Kumasi

von Capt H C J Biss West African Frontie, H. C. J. Biss

368 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A firsthand operational account of the 1900 Ashanti Uprising - the War of the Golden Stool - written by Captain H. C. J. Biss of the West African Frontier Force and first published in 1901. Biss served throughout the campaign and his narrative covers the military operations in detail: the investment of Kumasi fort, the fighting withdrawal of the besieged garrison under Governor Hodgson, the relief columns battling through difficult bush country, and the ultimately successful relief of the position. As a regimental officer on the ground, Biss provides the kind of tactical detail and unit-level perspective that staff histories rarely capture. Illustrated with 17 plates and a map, this reprint of the scarce original edition remains an essential primary source for the study of late Victorian colonial warfare in West Africa.

• Reihe: No Series Linked
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Militärgeschichte
• ISBN: 9781843423980
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 18.09.2002
• Größe: 216 x 140 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press