Silence of the Guns: The History of the Long Toms of the

After the Boers’ adoption of guerrilla tactics, the Long Tom guns became a burden – and the Boers de cided to destroy them, rather than to risk the guns being taken by the enemy. What happened to them and how did they dis appear? Met die Boeremagte se besluit om hulle op guerrillataktiek te verlaat, het die Long Tom-kanonne ’n las geword. Eerder as om hulle in Britse hande te laat beland, het die Boere die kanonne vernietig. Dis hier waar die mites en legendes om dié geskut begin. 188pp; HB; 271x 244mm