The Siege of Mafeking (1900) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Eyewitness Accounts, Military Strategy, and Civilian Survival in the Second Boer WarBy A. Hamilton
Length9h 23m
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A. Hamilton's The Siege of Mafeking (1900) presents a contemporary account of one of the most publicized episodes of the Second Anglo-Boer War: the prolonged Boer investment of the British-held town in Bechuanaland from October 1899 until its relief in May 1900. Combining military narrative, descriptive reportage, and the conventions of popular imperial history, the book traces the garrison's endurance, the pressures placed upon civilians, and the ingenuity required to sustain a besieged community. Its immediacy is central to its literary character: this is not detached military historiography, but a wartime chronicle shaped by suspense, patriotic feeling, and the culture of illustrated news and imperial adventure writing. Hamilton writes within the intense public fascination generated by Mafeking and its commander, Robert Baden-Powell. The author's purpose appears to have been both documentary and commemorative—to preserve the drama of the siege while answering a contemporary appetite for accessible accounts of British courage and resourcefulness. The book consequently reflects the assumptions, rhetoric, and political imagination of fin-de-siècle British imperial culture, making its perspective historically significant as well as narratively engaging. This volume will reward readers interested in the Second Anglo-Boer War, Victorian imperialism, military history, and the formation of national myths. Read critically, it offers valuable evidence of how the siege was understood and represented at the moment of its conclusion.
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Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length9 hrs 23 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 10, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Siege of Mafeking (1900) (Annotated)
2CHAPTER I AT SEA
3CHAPTER II A GLANCE AHEAD
4CHAPTER III ON THE ORANGE FREE STATE BORDER
5CHAPTER IV BRICKS OF STRAW
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6CHAPTER V DIAMONDS AND WHITE FEATHERS
7CHAPTER VI TWO DAYS BEFORE WAR
8CHAPTER VII THE SKIRMISH AT FIVE MILE BANK
9CHAPTER VIII THE FIRST DAY OF BOMBARDMENT
10CHAPTER IX THE ADVENT OF "BIG BEN"
11CHAPTER X A MIDNIGHT SORTIE
12CHAPTER XI CANNON KOPJE
13CHAPTER XII A RECONNAISSANCE
14CHAPTER XIII THE TOWN GUARD
15CHAPTER XIV WASTED ENERGIES
16CHAPTER XV SHELLS AND SLAUGHTER
17CHAPTER XVI A SOFT-WATER BATH
18CHAPTER XVII THE ECONOMY OF THE SITUATION
19CHAPTER XVIII A VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL
20CHAPTER XIX A LITTLE GUN PRACTICE
21CHAPTER XX THE ATTACK UPON GAME TREE
22CHAPTER XXI THE ADVENT OF THE NEW YEAR
23CHAPTER XXII NATIVE LIFE
24CHAPTER XXIII BOMBAST AND BOMB-PROOFS
25CHAPTER XXIV SOME SNIPING AND AN EXECUTION
26CHAPTER XXV LIFE IN THE BRICKFIELDS
27CHAPTER XXVI FROM BAD TO WORSE
28CHAPTER XXVII THE FIRST ATTACK UPON THE BRICKFIELDS
29CHAPTER XXVIII THE SECOND ATTACK UPON THE BRICKFIELDS
30CHAPTER XXIX THE NATIVE QUESTION
31CHAPTER XXX POLITICAL ECONOMY
32CHAPTER XXXI "A HISTORY OF THE BARALONGS"
33CHAPTER XXXII 'TIS WEARY WAITING
34CHAPTER XXXIII TWO HUNDRED DAYS OF SIEGE
35CHAPTER XXXIV THE EPICUREAN'S DELIGHT
36CHAPTER XXXV THE LAST FIGHT
37CHAPTER XXXVI RELIEVED AT LAST
38CHAPTER XXXVII THE END
39Memorable Quotes
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