An edition of A rain of lead
(2001)
A rain of lead
the siege and surrender of the British at Potchefstroom 1880-1881
by Ian H. W. Bennett
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A rain of lead: the siege and surrender of the British at Potchefstroom 1880-1881
2001, Greenhill Books, Stackpole Books
in English
1853674370 9781853674372
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: I! 1 Prelude to War, 1880
2 The Garrison at Potchefstroom
3 Proclamation of War
3 December to Day 1 of the Siege, 15 December 188(
4 The Siege Begins in Earnest
16 December 1880: Day 2
5 Major Clarke Surrenders the Landrost's Office
17 and 18 December 1880: Days 3 and 4
6 Refuge in the Fort
18 and 19 December 1880: Days 4 and 5
7 Order and Disorder
19 and 20 December 1880: Days 5 and 6
8 The Search for Water
21 December 1880: Day 7
9 Noel
22 to 25 December 1880: Days 8 to 11
10 Ou Griet: The Boers' Secret Weapon
26 December 1880 to 1 January 1881: Days 12 to 18
11 The Boers Attack the Magazine
2 to 7 January 1881: Days 19 to 24
12 The Noose Tightens
8 to 17 January 1881: Days 25 to 34
13 The Sortie
18 to 23 January 1881: Days 35 to 40
14 Holding On
24 January to 5 February 1881: Days 41 to 53
15 The Beginning of the End
6 February to 3 March 1881: Days 54 to 79
16 The Final Crisis
4 to 17 March 1881: Days 80 to 93
17 Cronje's Stratagem
7 to 20 March 1881: Days 83 to 96
18 The End of the War
21 to 23 March 1881: Days 97 to 99
19 The March Out Epilogue
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Appendices:
Campaign Medal
Gun Ammunition Remaining at the End of the Siege
Boer Casualties at Potchefstroom
Roll of Casualties in the Fort at Potchefstroom
A Portrait of Potchefstroom
Index.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-238) and index.
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