"Hen the Second Boer War erupted in South Africa in 1899, Great Britain was confident that victory would come quickly and decisively. Instead, the war lasted for three grueling years. To achieve final victory, the British government was forced to depend not only on its Regular A…
"Good focused context" pinpoints the historical significance of the single bloodiest episode in the Second Boer War'from a Zulu warfare expert (FGS Forum). Spion Kop, just northeast of Ladysmith, South Africa, was the largest hill in the region, being over 1,400 feet high, and i…
"On 11 October 1899, Britain was officially at war in South Africa against the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State. While the war was thousands of kilometres away, and Canada's contribution of over 7,000 troops to the imperial cause was relatively small, the war is cons…
Soldiers and settlers in Africa, 1850-1918
Comprehensive history of the Boer War, a war precipitated by greed and marked by blundering and brutalities.
Comprehensive history of the Boer War, a war precipitated by greed and marked by blundering and brutalities.
This text brings together contributions from scholars in South African and imperial history to examine the international dimensions of the war, including a historiographical review of a century of writing on the origins of the war. The South African War was a catalyst in the cr…
