Eating Bananas in Durban - The Boer Invasion of Natal 1899-1900 (Hardcover) (Special Order ALLOW 5-7 Days)

After many years of planning, scheming, and skullduggery, President Kruger launched his invasions of British territory on 11 October 1899, sparking the Boer War and plunging southern Africa into almost three years of misery. Natal was front and centre of Krugers dreams of carving out a vast empire in the region; despite latter-day attempts to desperately reinvent this as a defensive invasion, towns were looted and renamed, great swathes of the colony were annexed to the republics, and thousands of civilians were driven from their homes. The objective was to grab Natal and, with it, a seaport; indeed, even Louis Botha himself later boasted that only General Jouberts dithering had prevented him coming to Durban in 1899 to eat bananas. Written in Ashs trademark no holds barred style, this comprehensive history details the forces involved republican, British, and Natalian and covers every aspect of the campaign.

Hardcover. English. 30 Degrees South. 2026. ISBN: 9781928359302. 150 pp wit 104 colour oil paintings, 45 black & white graphite sketches and 19 colour photographs. New. Book No: 2508409