Black People in the Boer Republics During and in the Aftermath of the South African War of 1899-1902
Author: Jacob Saul Mohlamme
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Published: 1987
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Author: Jacob Saul Mohlamme
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Published: 1987
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: André Wessels
Publisher: UJ Press
Published: 2010-09-01
Total Pages: 213
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on many years of research with regard to the Anglo-Boer War, this book is essential reading for anyone who would like to know more about the most devastating conflict that has thus far been waged between white people in Southern Africa. However, with due course, this war also involved more and more black, brown and, to some extent, Asian people.
Author: Johan Van Zÿl
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Published: 2012
Total Pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9781874979456
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter Warwick
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004-08-26
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780521272247
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book focuses upon the wartime experiences of black people, and to examine the war in the context of a complex and rapidly changing colonial society increasingly shaped, but not yet transformed, by mining capital.
Author: Hugh Rethman
Publisher: Tattered Flag
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780957689237
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen the Boer Republics invaded Natal in 1899, the invaders could have been driven out with casualties measured in hundreds. Instead Britain was to lose nearly 9,000 men killed in action, more than 13,000 to disease and a further 75,000 wounded and sick were invalided back to Britain. The war ended in 1902 with a very unsatisfactory Peace Treaty. At the start of the conflict Britain's Generals were faced with problems new to the military establishment. Shows of force did little to intimidate a determined opposition; infantry charges against a hidden enemy armed with modern rifles resulted in a futile waste of lives. Artillery could now destroy unseen targets at great range. Lack of mobility resulted in more than half the army being besieged in Ladysmith bringing with it concomitant civilian involvement. Some generals learnt quickly - others were slower and yet others still, perhaps through pride and stubbornness, refused to alter their ways and thus their men paid with their lives. The bravery and sacrifice of men during the campaign have been described in many books, as have the faults - real and imagined - of the generals. But little attention has been paid to the greatest blunder of all: a failure to take proper cognizance of local advice, opinion and capability. From the beginning, locally raised regiments demonstrated how the Boers might be defeated without incurring heavy casualties and, when they were finally given their head, they chased the invaders out of Natal while suffering only nominal casualties. This deeply researched study of the Boer War includes, for the first time, the experiences of the inhabitants of Natal - soldier and civilian, men, women and children, black and white. Diaries and letters vividly portray the actions at Talana, Elandslaagte, Colenso, Acton Homes and Spion Kop, as well as the siege of Ladysmith in which 15,000 military personnel and 2,500 residents and refugees were incarcerated for four months, slowly but surely dying from starvation and sickness until their relief. Before, during and after the Boer War many myths were created and facts hidden to suit political ends. The result was that lessons, which should have been learned were never adequately understood or applied. With the West still engaged in foreign wars, these old mistakes should be remembered and not repeated. Friends and Enemies is the result of years of intensive research undertaken in archives in both South Africa and Britain. It offers an important and scholarly resource to students of nineteenth and twentieth century conflict.
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Published: 2015
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781874979494
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: André Wessels
Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9781920383275
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jacob Saul Mohlamme
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 640
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Stowell Kessler
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Published: 2012
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781874979449
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: André Wessels
Publisher: UJ Press
Published: 2010-09-01
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 1920382550
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on many years of research with regard to the Anglo-Boer War, this book is essential reading for anyone who would like to know more about the most devastating conflict that has thus far been waged between white people in Southern Africa. However, with due course, this war also involved more and more black, brown and, to some extent, Asian people.