The Boer WarReissued at a time when South Africa faces another turning point in its history, this account of the Boer War, first published in 1975, sets out and explains the complex workings and issues of a war that was for Britain in many ways the prelude to World War I. |
Contents
The Country and its People | 1 |
The Causes of the WarMobilization | 5 |
The Battles before Ladysmith and the Sieges | 15 |
Copyright | |
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advance artillery attack battle blockhouse Bloemfontein Boer forces Boer positions Boer War Botha bridge brigade British Army Buller burghers camp campaign Cape Colony captured casualties Christiaan de Wet Colenso Colonel column commanders Commander-in-Chief Corps Cronje Cronje's crossing December Division Drift east eastern Transvaal enemy February fighting fire Free Staters French French's cavalry garrison Gatacre Guards guerrilla Hill Hlangwani horses Joubert killed Kimberley Kitchener Kitchener's kopje Kruger laager Ladysmith leaders Louis Botha Lyttelton Mafeking Magersfontein Methuen miles military Milner Modder River Mounted Infantry mounted troops move Natal naval guns nearly night November numbers October offensive officers Orange Free Orange River ordered Paardeberg Plumer Pretoria reinforcements Reitz relieve Riet rifle Roberts sent shell siege Siege of Ladysmith Smuts soldiers soon South Africa Spion Kop staff Steyn Stormberg surrender Talana town Tugela Uitlanders Vaal Viljoen wagons Warren western flank Wet hunt Wet's White wounded