'Lord Chelmsford's Zululand Campaign 1878-1879', edited by John Laband, published by Alan Sutton, ISBN 0-7509-0665-0 £ 30

This is a very meaty book, an essential purchase for anyone interested in the Zulu War, although inevitably the price will put some off. Lord Chelmsford was, of' course, the senior British commander in Zululand, and this book comprises an edited selection of his letters and official papers. They describe in depth the immense difficulties in planning for the coming campaign, the Isandlwana debacle anti the recriminations surrounding it, the subsequent fighting to relieve Eshowe, and at last the victorious march on Ulundi (oNdini). All of them were, of course, written as the events unfolded, and a masterly commentary and analysis of Chelmsford's role has been added by Professor Laband, whose work in the field should be known to) all students of the campaign. Not a book for light reading. but in important contribution to our understanding of the period.

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Introduction
Fearful Hard Times: The Siege and Relief of Eshowe 1879
Lord Chelmsford's Zululand Campaign 1878-1879
But Burdens Shouldered; Anglo-Zulu War Graves and Memorials in the United Kingdom
Deeds of Valour: A Victorian Military And Naval Trilogy
Warrior Chiefs of Southern Africa
Fuzzy Wuzzy; The Campaigns in the Eastern Sudan, 1884-85
Butler; A Scapegoat?
Steam, Steel and Shellfire; The Steam Warship 1815-1905
Victorian Military Campaigns
British Campaign Medals; Waterloo To The Gulf
Guns of the British Empire; Firearms of the British Soldier, 1837-1987
Reflections From The Bridge; The Victorian Sapper in Photographs
Osprey Round - Up: Colonial Titles
Pony Wars Round-Up

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