Friday, May 24, 2013

Harry Smith's Last Throw: The Eighth Frontier War, 1850-53, Keith Smith.

Harry Smith's Last Throw: The Eighth Frontier War, 1850-53, Keith Smith.

Based around a detailed history of the fighting in the Eighth Frontier War (on the frontier of the Cape Colony, South Africa), supported by a good background history of the cape and the previous frontier wars. Some chapters come from an earlier text by Neville Mapham, mainly focusing on detailed accounts of particular campaigns.
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