Louis Botha's War

The book Louis Botha's War introduces aspects of the military campaign in German South-West Africa in 1914-1915.
Cruise, Adam
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Title: Louis Botha's War
Subtitle: The campaign in German South-West Africa, 1914-1915
Author: Adam Cruise
Genre: Military history
Publisher: Random House Struik
Imprint: Zebra Press
Cape Town, South Africa 2015
ISBN 9781770227521 / ISBN 978-1-77022-752-1
Softcover, 22 x 28 cm, 240 pages, several photographs

Description:

South Africa as a united nation was just four years old when Louis Botha, now serving as prime minister, took the momentous decision to invade South-West Africa on behalf of Britain. Many outsiders doubted whether such a new entity could even field an effective army. Many of the soldiers were Afrikaners who had fought against Britain in the Boer War and who did not possess quite the same magnanimous mindset of forgiveness as Botha. Cruise relates how the invasion brought anti-British republicanism to the fore, leading to a rebellion at home that had to be put down by Botha's loyalists before the war could be successfully prosecuted against Germany across the border. Adam Cruise tells of the many 'firsts' associated with the 1914/15 South-West Africa campaign: the first time South Africa deployed armoured cars, the first time aeroplanes were used to bomb enemy positions, the first time motorbike outriders replaced horsemen, the first German target to be successfully taken by the Allies in the Great War (a consular building on the Caprivi Strip). This is a story of derring-do, of troops trekking for days on a diet of biltong and biscuit, of Botha's indomitable wife rushing north to nurse her husband back to strength during the campaign, of forces who dared to traverse the Kalahari desert in full battle order.

Content: Louis Botha's War

Foreword
Preface
The Empire writes back
Groundwork
The Sandfontein reversal
Insurrection
Interlude
Central Force
Eastern Force and McKenzie's pursuit
Northern Force
The hippodrome
Counterattack
Closing in
In for the kill
Kilo 500
Reverberations
Notes
Bibliography
Index