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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.

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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

British Forces in Zululand 1879

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 24/01/1991
      ISBN13: 9781855321090, 978-1855321090
      ISBN10: 1855321092

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of 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

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