Buy this book on-line Parr, Henry Hallam : A Sketch of the Kafir and Zulu Wars. Guadana to Isandhlwana(Uckfield: The Naval & Military Press, 2004) 1843429292 ISBN 1843429292
186 x 122 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. (vi) + 283; maps and battle plans, incl. one in full colour. Text facsimile of the original edition. As new. "A vivid and colourful account of the 'Kafir' and opening phase of the Zulu wars, written by Captain Henry Hallam Parr, an officer who was military secretary to Sir Bartle Frere, the chief British administrator in South Africa. After a brisk account of the British subduing of the Kafir tribes at Guadana, Parr gets into the more bloody business of the Zulu campaign in January 1879. An eye-witness, he describes the disastrous slaughter of Lord Chelmsford's advance column at Isandhlwana, the greatest British military reverse at the hands of an African tribe. This defeat is balanced by the ever-heroic story of Rorke's Drift; the Natal outstation successfully defended against a huge horde of Zulus by the Welsh 24th Regiment of Foot and some Royal Engineers, commanded by Lieutenants Chard and Bromhead. Parr's writing is clear and lively, and he is an admirer of the military qualities and reckless courage of the Zulus as well as the British. The book is accompanied by excellent situation maps of both Isandhlwana and Rorke's Drift." - Publisher's synopsis. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Parr, Henry Hallam : A Sketch of the Kafir and Zulu Wars. Guadana to Isandhlwana. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres d'occasion, first editions, rare books, out of print books and fine bindings. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |