Uyadela Wen'osulapho: Black Participation in the Anglo-Boer War |
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African and coloured agterryers ammunition Anglo-Boer animals armed Africans army service assistance Bakgatla Basutoland became black auxiliaries black society Boer families Boer forces Boer society border British army British forces British War Effort burghers carts cattle chiefdom colonial Coloured muleteers columns combat communities concentration camps conscripted Corps defensive deserted dispatches district drivers duties eastern Cape enemy engaged farms fighting fortifications front frontier garrison grooming horses guards guerrilla warfare Highland Light Infantry historians horses imperial Indian invading commandos Kimberley labour gangs Ladysmith Lancers land lines livestock loyal Mafeking Martini-Henry Mfengu migrant military mission stations mobilisation mounted Namaqualand Natal natives non-combatant number of Africans Orange Free peasants political position raiding recruits regiments remount depots republican republics retreat rifles scouts servants siege sieges of Ladysmith small numbers soldiers South African supply Swaziland tactical territory Thembu town Transkeian transport labour transport riders Transvaal volunteers wage war-time WATER POLICE white man's Zulu Zululand