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COLONIAL SMALL WARS

Donald Featherstone

Queen Victoria's long reign was

constantly

disturbed

by almost

ceaseless warfare that flared along

the extending frontiers of the British

Empire, indeed there was not a

single year in which somewhere in

the world British soldiers were not

in action.

From 1837 to 1901 in Canada,

Afghanistan, India, Africa, and else-

where, military expeditions were

undertaken to protect British inter-

est, extend a frontier or repel an

unprovoked attack. It became in the

Victorian era an accepted way of

life.

In this lively and useful study

Donald Featherstone, after defining

CITY OF CARDIFF

PUBLIC LIBRARIES

‘small wars’ and describing the

Victorian soldier and his weapons,

covers all these minor actions in

detail. Most of the accounts are

complemented by specially drawn

maps and plans which have never

before been collected together in a

single volume.

REFERENCE LIBRARY

L2.

ISBN 0 7153 5711 5

£3.95 net

In UK only

COLONIAL

SMALL WARS