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The first notable appearance of Winston Churchill was as a war-correspondant in the second [Anglo-Boer war]? between Britain and self-proclaimed Afrikaaners in South Africa. He was captured in a Boer ambush of a British Army train convoy, but managed a high profile escape and eventually crossed the South African border to Lorenzo Marques (now Maputo? in Mozambique). |
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The first notable appearance of Winston Churchill was as a war-correspondant in the second [Anglo-Boer war]? between Britain and self-proclaimed Afrikaaners? in South Africa. He was captured in a Boer ambush of a British Army train convoy, but managed a high profile escape and eventually crossed the South African border to Lorenzo Marques (now Maputo? in Mozambique). |
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Churchill used the status achieved to begin a political career. At first a member of the Conservative party, he soon crossed to the Liberals and entered cabinet in his early thirties. His early career was distinctly unimpressive. He was one of the political and military engineers of the tragic and disasterous Gallipoli landings on the Dardanelles during World War I, which lead to his description as "the butcher of Gallipoli". Later, during the general strike of 1926, Churchill again gained notoriety, this time due to his suggestion that [machine guns]? should be used on the unarmed miners. |
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Churchill used the status achieved to begin a political career. At first a member of the Conservative party, he soon crossed to the Liberals and entered cabinet in his early thirties. His early career was distinctly unimpressive. He was one of the political and military engineers of the tragic and disasterous Gallipoli landings on the Dardanelles during World War I, which lead to his description as "the butcher of Gallipoli". He was a signatory of the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921 which established the Irish Free State. Later, during the general strike of 1926, Churchill again gained notoriety, this time due to his suggestion that [machine guns]? should be used on the unarmed miners. |
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