Table of Contents

Introduction · Boer Forces, 1899 · The British Army in 1899 · Tactical Differences · The Conventional War · The British Army, 1900-1901 · Boer Forces, 1900-1902 · The Myth of the 'White Man's War' · The Bitter End · Glossary · The Plates

About the Author

Ian Knight is widely regarded as a leading international expert on the Anglo-Zulu War. He has written, co-written or edited over 30 books, including several in the Osprey Men-at-Arms, Elite, Warrior and Campaign series. He is an Honorary Research Associate of the Natal Museum and Vice President of the Anglo Zulu War Historical Society. In 2000 he was the historian advising the Glasgow University team who made the first archaeological survey of the Isandlwana battlefield. Gerry Embleton has been a leading historical illustrator since the early 1970s specialising in the medieval period, but with a keen interest in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. An illustrator, and author, of a number of Osprey titles he has lived in Switzerland since the early 1980s.