THREE YEARS OF WAR IN EAST AFRICA

Capt. Angus Buchanan MC, 25th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (Frontiersmen)

ISBN 10: 184734464X / ISBN 13: 9781847344649

Published by Naval & Military Press, 2006

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2004 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1919). HB. xx vii+ 247pp with 3maps and 8 illustrations. The Great War in east Africa was much more than a 'sideshowâ - it was a classic guerilla campaign that has entered military legend. The author of this account was an officer of the 25th Royal Fusiliers, a British unit in the predominantly Indian and South African allied army that attempted, with huge losses and only limited success, to hunt down the elusive Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, the brilliant and resourceful commander in German East Africa. Lettowâ s small force of white officers and native African 'Askarisâ ranged across a vast region, twice the size of Germany itself, to keep one jump ahead of their allied pursuers. Initially outnumbered, the allies harried their quarry, but never finally defeated him. The Armistice found Lettow still in the field, barely able to credit the news that his beloved Fatherland had cruumbled. Buchananâ s book shows why one of his soldiers griped: 'Ah, I wish to hell I was in France! There one lives like a gentleman and dies like a man; here one lives like a pig and dies like a dogâ . The allies found themselves battling a hostile climate, terrain, and above all disease - especially the dreaded malaria - which took a greater toll of lives than the fierce enemy resistance. A nature lover, Buchanan makes many observations of African flora and fauna, as well as his unsparing account of the tough military campaign. The eight illustrations, including landscape drrawings, reflect the authorâ s love of nature. There are three maps.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THREE YEARS OF WAR IN EAST AFRICA
• Publisher: Naval & Military Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184734464X
• ISBN 13: 9781847344649
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • History
  • Military History

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Excerpt from Three Years of War in East AfricaThe author does not harp overmuch on the sickness and privations of his comrades - The has been through too many of them to do so; but I am reminded of the remark of one of them during the not infrequent periods of grousing which every respectable British soldier must have. Ah, I wish to h I was in France! There one lives like a gentleman and dies like a man, here one lives like a pig and dies like a dog. There may have been something in this remark, yet I have thought as I saw the 25th staggering on, absolutely in rags, many with fever actually on them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.