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The Defence of Duffer's Drift

by E. D. (Ernest Dunlop) Swinton

EN·~1 hours·9 chapters

Chapters

9 total

Vol. I. April, 1905 No. 4.

1:01

THE DEFENCE OF DUFFER'S DRIFT. - By Captain E.D. SWINTON, D.S.O., R.E.—(Backsight Forethought.)

0:12

Prologue.

0:52

First Dream.

16:20

Second Dream.

10:32

Third Dream.

12:06

Fourth Dream.

16:35

Fifth Dream.

17:17

Sixth Dream.

20:26

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Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2008-03-16

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24842

Subjects

Military art and science South African War, 1899-1902 Tactics Guerrilla warfare U

About the author

E. D. (Ernest Dunlop) Swinton

1868–1951

Best known as one of the early champions of the tank, this British officer also turned battlefield experience into widely read military writing. His books combine practical insight, sharp observation, and a clear sense of how modern war was changing.

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