Churchill's capture and escape - November-December 1899.

This is Winston Churchill in 1899.

In 1899 Winston Spencer Churchill was 24 years old; he only turned 25 on 30 th November. During most of the year he was in England, workin...

In addition to writing a book Churchill was interested in a political career. As a small boy playing with toy soldiers he had said that he ...

Churchill planned to publish his magnum opus in October 1899, “but when the middle of October came, we all had other things to think about”...

Churchill knew Joseph Chamberlain, the Colonial Secretary, quite well having met him first at Lady Jeune’s house party along the Thames in ...

First thing in the morning Churchill called at Government House in Cape Town to see Sir Alfred Milner, the High Commissioner for South Afri...

Knowing that there was action in Natal around Ladysmith Churchill sought the quickest way to get there. Advice was that he should travel...