Rain of Lead is the first major book about the bitter siege of Potchefstroom. The text is based on eyewitness reports and contemporary documents.
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The first major book about the bitter siege of Potchefstroom during the First Boer War. A dramatic story of endurance under terrible conditions based on eyewitness reports and contemporary documents.
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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The audacity of the Transvaal Boers who could muster no more than 7,000 fighting men in 1880 when they rose in rebellion against the might of the British Empire has been likened to David challenging Goliath. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Major Clarke, Royal Hotel, Orange Free State, Surgeon Wallis, Royal Artillery, Zulu War, Captain Falls, Major Thornhill, Colonel Winsloe, Bishop Jolivet, Jan Kock, Sir Evelyn Wood, President Brand, General Colley, Kerk Street, Lieutenant Lindsell, Lieutenant Rundle, Majuba Hill, Royal Scots Fusiliers, Sir Owen Lanyon, Transvaal Archives, Union Jack, Colonel Bellairs, Commandant Raaff, Laing's Nek New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
The audacity of the Transvaal Boers who could muster no more than 7,000 fighting men in 1880 when they rose in rebellion against the might of the British Empire has been likened to David challenging Goliath. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Major Clarke, Royal Hotel, Orange Free State, Surgeon Wallis, Royal Artillery, Zulu War, Captain Falls, Major Thornhill, Colonel Winsloe, Bishop Jolivet, Jan Kock, Sir Evelyn Wood, President Brand, General Colley, Kerk Street, Lieutenant Lindsell, Lieutenant Rundle, Majuba Hill, Royal Scots Fusiliers, Sir Owen Lanyon, Transvaal Archives, Union Jack, Colonel Bellairs, Commandant Raaff, Laing's Nek New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Queen Victoria Pb (Kings & Queens) by Richard Wood in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- David and Goliath Pb (Bible Stories) by Selina Hastings in Back Matter
- The First Boer War (Echoes of War) by Joseph Lehmann in Back Matter
- The Last Year Of The Luftwaffe: May 1944-May 1945 (Greenhill Military Paperbacks) by Alfred Price in Back Matter
- African Biography Edition 1. by UXL in Back Matter
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