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100 1 _aPOWELL Geoffrey
245 0 _aBuller:
_ba scapegoat?: a life of General Sir Redvers Buller 1839-1908
260 _aLondon:
_bLeo Cooper,
_c1994
300 _a245p.
520 3 _aBiography of Sir Redvers Buller who was one of Britain's most popular military heroes of the nineteenth century. As British commander-in-chief in the first few battles of the 2nd Boer War (1899-1902) he became the victim of public prejudice and a scapegoat for the errors and defects in British strategy when faced with a modern well trained and well equipped adversary.
650 _aBIOGRAPHIES
650 _aBRITAIN
_xARMY
650 _aREDVERS BULLER
650 _aSECOND BOER WAR
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