Author: Deneys ReitzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soldiers
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Commando
Author: Deneys ReitzPublisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1787206246
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1149
Book Description
During his exile in Madagascar, Boer soldier Deneys Reitz wrote about his experience of the Second Boer War (1899-1902). When it was eventually edited and published in 1929 as Commando: A Boer Journal of the Boer War, it still had the freshness and detail of an account written soon after the war. Reitz’ descriptions of the tumult through the eyes of a warrior in the saddle form not only a succinct narrative and important source for the Second Boer War, but his family connections (his father Francis William Reitz was State Secretary of the Transvaal), sheer luck, and participation at virtually every major event of the War all provide for a unique account. A vivid, unforgettable picture of mobile guerrilla warfare. Richly illustrated throughout.
Commando
Author: Deneys ReitzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : South African War, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Commando
Author: Deneys ReitzCommando
Author: Deneys ReitzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : South African War, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
Deneys Reitz was 17 when the Anglo-Boer War broke out in 1899. Reitz describes that he had no hatred of the British people, but "as a South African, one had to fight for one's country." Reitz had learned to ride, shoot and swim almost as soon as he could walk, and the skills and endurance he had acquired during those years were to be made full use of during the war. He fought with different Boer Commandos, where each Commando consisted mainly of farmers on horseback, using their own horses and guns. Commando describes the tumult through the eyes of a warrior in the saddle. Reitz was fortunate to be present at nearly every one of the major battles of the war. Commando is a straightforward narrative that describes an extraordinary adventure and brings us a vivid, unforgettable picture of mobile guerrilla warfare, especially later in the war as General Smuts and men like Reitz fought on, braving heat, cold, rain, lack of food, clothing and boots, tiring horses.
Commando
Author: Deneys ReitzPublisher:
ISBN: 9781868420667
Category : South African War, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The straightforward narrative of his experiences is both a classic of true-life adventure, and an unforgettable picture of mobile guerrilla warfare, in a conflict the results of which are with us to the present day.
The Trilogy of Deneys Reitz
Author: Deneys ReitzPublisher: Wolfe Publishing (SC)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1026
Book Description
Commando. A Boer Journal of the Boer War, Etc
Author: Deneys REITZCommando
Author: Deneys ReitzCommando
Author: Deneys ReitzPublisher:
ISBN: 9780956774569
Category : South African War, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
The Boer War
Author: Martin BossenbroekPublisher: Seven Stories Press
ISBN: 1609807480
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 641
Book Description
The Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) is one of the most intriguing conflicts of modern history. It has been labeled many things: the first media war, a precursor of the First and Second World Wars, the originator of apartheid. The difference in status and resources between the superpower Great Britain and two insignificant Boer republics in southern Africa was enormous. But, against all expectation, it took the British every effort and a huge sum of money to win the war, not least by unleashing a campaign of systematic terror against the civilian population. In The Boer War, winner of the Netherland's 2013 Libris History Prize and shortlisted for the 2013 AKO Literature Prize, the author brings a completely new perspective to this chapter of South African history, critically examining the involvement of the Netherlands in the war. Furthermore, unlike other accounts, Martin Bossenbroek explores the war primarily through the experiences of three men uniquely active during the bloody conflict. They are Willem Leyds, the Dutch lawyer who was to become South African Republic state secretary and eventual European envoy; Winston Churchill, then a British war reporter; and Deneys Reitz, a young Boer commando. The vivid and engaging experiences of these three men enable a more personal and nuanced story of the war to be told, and at the same time offer a fresh approach to a conflict that shaped the nation state of South Africa.