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Letters From the Empire

- A Soldier's Account of the Boer War and the Abor Campaign in India
Af: Stephen Morris Engelsk Paperback

Letters From the Empire

- A Soldier's Account of the Boer War and the Abor Campaign in India
Af: Stephen Morris Engelsk Paperback
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From 17 trunks in a Lakeland attic comes this eyewitness account of a soldier’s life at a pivotal moment in the history of the British Empire. Allan Marriot Hutchins, handsome, quick-witted and adventurous, was one of thousands of young men from the shires who, in 1900, volunteered to fight determined, well-armed Boers in a war that foreshadowed the later carnage of the twentieth century, fought with maxim guns, heavy artillery and bitter reprisals against guerrillas and civilians. Allan served as a yeomanry trooper in South Africa and later as a commissioned officer in India where he distinguished himself in the Abor campaign to secure the little-explored frontier between Assam and China. His letters home and the letters he received from home and which still survive, his diaries and thoughts paint a picture of both the man and the wheels of history turning. ‘He cannot write’ said his schoolmaster but Allan can write and his writing brings to life the hardships and adventures of campaigning in hostile, alien terrain against an often invisible enemy. He describes the same modest aspirations, companionship and numbing routine encountered by today’s front-line soldiers.
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From 17 trunks in a Lakeland attic comes this eyewitness account of a soldier’s life at a pivotal moment in the history of the British Empire. Allan Marriot Hutchins, handsome, quick-witted and adventurous, was one of thousands of young men from the shires who, in 1900, volunteered to fight determined, well-armed Boers in a war that foreshadowed the later carnage of the twentieth century, fought with maxim guns, heavy artillery and bitter reprisals against guerrillas and civilians. Allan served as a yeomanry trooper in South Africa and later as a commissioned officer in India where he distinguished himself in the Abor campaign to secure the little-explored frontier between Assam and China. His letters home and the letters he received from home and which still survive, his diaries and thoughts paint a picture of both the man and the wheels of history turning. ‘He cannot write’ said his schoolmaster but Allan can write and his writing brings to life the hardships and adventures of campaigning in hostile, alien terrain against an often invisible enemy. He describes the same modest aspirations, companionship and numbing routine encountered by today’s front-line soldiers.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 224
ISBN-13: 9780752465180
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 075246518X
Kategori: British Empire
Udg. Dato: 1 dec 2011
Længde: 22mm
Bredde: 158mm
Højde: 232mm
Forlag: The History Press Ltd
Oplagsdato: 1 dec 2011
Forfatter(e): Stephen Morris
Forfatter(e) Stephen Morris

Kategori British Empire

ISBN-13 9780752465180

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 224

Udgave

Længde 22mm

Bredde 158mm

Højde 232mm

Udg. Dato 1 dec 2011

Oplagsdato 1 dec 2011

Forlag The History Press Ltd

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