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A war without pity on the South African veldt George Witton was a member of the Bushveldt Carbineers-a mounted, highly mobile unit trained to hunt down its Boer counterparts of the Commandos during the Boer War at the turn of the 20th century. Theirs was no 'gentleman's war' which took account of for fair play and the rules of war-it was a 'kill or be killed' existence of ambushes, night attacks and summary executions in which neither side could claim non-participation. War became a personal business for Witton and his fellow Carbineers-Morant and Handcock-as brother officers were found murdered and brutalised and prisoners were caught bearing their personal effects. Matters came to a head with the infamous courts-marshal of some of the Bushveldt Carbineers and the execution of some and imprisonment of others in a scandal that rocked the British Empire and struck to the core of the relationship between the mother country and one of its most loyal colonies.

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Biography & True Stories Biography: general Biography: historical, political & military

• Plný název: Bushveldt Carbineers
• Autor: George Witton
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 228
• EAN: 9781846773358
• ISBN: 1846773350
• ID: 04279080
• Nakladatelství: Leonaur Ltd
• Hmotnost: 310 g
• Rozměry: 214 × 148 × 17 mm
• Datum vydání: 15. October 2007

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