W. Baring Pemberton
Autor von Battles of the Crimean War
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Bildnachweis: Cropped scan of back cover of Penguin No.680. Photo attributed to Ramsey & Muspratt.
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Baring Pemberton, William
- Geburtstag
- 1897
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- UK
- Geburtsort
- Swindon Manor, Gloucester, UK
- Ausbildung
- Wellington College
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Battles of the Boer War von William Baring Pemberton
This is a selection of discrete battle pieces, not a connected history of the war. The essays are concise and present the chosen actions and their lessons clearly. Its value for money, especially if second-hand.
½1369 Battles of the Boer War, by W. Baring Pemberton (read 21 Nov 1975) This is a study of five battles of the Boer War: Belmont (Nov 23, 1899, a British victory under Metheun; Modder River (Nov. 28, 1899), also a British victory under Metheun; Magersfontein (Dec 11, 1899), a British defeat under Metheun; Colenso (Dec. 14, 1899), a British defeat under Buller; and Spion Kop (Jan 1900), another British defeat. This book whetted my interest in the Boer War, and I did some good reading on it, including Good-Bye Dolly Gray, by Rayne Kruger (read 29 Dec 1975)..… (mehr)
Very much a British perspective on battles in whichthe British Army played the major role rather than a balanced accont of the war as a whole.
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