SOUTH AFRICANS WITH GENERAL SMUTS IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA 1916 NEW & FREEPOST UK

History of Jan Smuts\u2019 brief and inglorious attempt to defeat the German guerilla genius Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck in East Africa in 1916-1917. Not exactly the South Africa soldier statesman\u2019s finest hour.\nThe story of Jan Smuts is a remarkable one. A brilliant young Boer commando in the Boer War, he, like his chief Louis Botha, made his peace with the British Empire and became one of Britain\u2019s most trusted and admired collaborators. Later Prime Minister of South Africa, he became a respected elder statesman. The Great War, however, was not Smuts\u2019 finest hour. Sent to German East Africa with a large force of South African troops he found himself up against a guerilla leader of genius, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, who outwitted his unwieldy army at every turn. Smuts was only in command of the campaign briefly between February 1916 and January 1917, but during this time, the wily German ran rings round him. Nonetheless this history, written by his Chief-of-Staff, makes esr