The Boer in Peace and War

The Boer in Peace and War

Author: Mann Arthur M

Publisher: Hardpress Publishing

Published: 2016-06-23

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9781318815210

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The Boer in Peace and War

The Boer in Peace and War

Author: Arthur M. Mann

Publisher: Alpha Edition

Published: 2021-11-22

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 9789355344687

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The book "" The Boer in Peace and War, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.


Memoirs of the Boer War

Memoirs of the Boer War

Author: Jan Christiaan Smuts

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13:

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On the afternoon of Monday 4 June 1900, the young State Attorney of the South African Republic bade a sad farewell to his wife and child whom he was never to see again and left Pretoria to join the Boer commandos. He had braved shot and shell to put the government's sole source of finance for the continuing war - less than half a million pounds sterling in gold and coins - on a special train to President Kruger in the Eastern Transvaal. The next day, Lord Robert's army entered the capital. Jan Smuts came to play an important role in the South African war of 1899-1902. His memoirs are recorded here, and they present an account of the critical events from the fall of Pretoria to the reorganization of the commandos in December that year.


The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902

The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902

Author: G. D. Scholtz

Publisher: Protea Boekhuis

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781919825120

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This concise history of the Anglo-Boer War, a prize-winning work which was originally written in Afrikaans, is the ideal book for those who want an overview of the military fortunes of the two warring parties. Now richly provided with maps and illustrations, it is one of the most accurate short histories of this important three-year war. The author, G. D. Scholtz, was a Afrikaner historian of great stature, who saw the Anglo-Boer War as a struggle for liberation, a fight for Boer freedom and independence. His original text has been sensitively translated into English by historian Bridget Theron, who is a lecturer at the University of South Africa. It is an accessible work that may provide echoes to the American wars of independence.


The Boer War

The Boer War

Author: Denis Judd

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2013-03-15

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 085772231X

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The Boer War of 1899-1902 was an epic of heroism and bungling, cunning and barbarism, with an extraordinary cast of characters - including Churchill, Rhodes, Conan Doyle, Smuts, Kipling, Gandhi, Kruger and Kitchener. The war revealed the ineptitude of the British military and unexpectedly exposed the corrupt underside of imperialism in the establishment of the first concentration camps, the shooting of Boer prisoners-of-war and the embezzlement of military supplies by British officers. This acclaimed book provides a complete history of the Boer War - from the first signs of unrest to the eventual peace. In the process, it debunks several of the myths which have grown up around the conflict and explores the deadly legacy it left for southern Africa.


The Boer War 1899–1902

The Boer War 1899–1902

Author: Gregory Fremont-Barnes

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2014-06-06

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 1472810171

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Victorious in its previous campaigns in Africa against native armies, Britain now confronted an altogether different foe. The Boers proved to be formidable opponents, masterfully compensating for inferior numbers with grim determination, resourcefulness and strong religious faith. Their mobility, expert use of cover, and knowledge of the terrain, in which they employed powerful long-range magazine rifles, gave them initial advantages. By contrast the British suffered from inadequate transport, insufficient mounted troops and poor intelligence. Despite marshalling the immense resources of their empire, the British were to be severely tested in a war which one general described as 'the graveyard of many a soldier's reputation'.