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Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 46
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The British Case Against the Boer Republics
Author: The British Case Against the Boer Republics
Author: Imperial South African AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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The British Case Against the Boer Republic
Author: Imperial South African AssociationPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781347587744
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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Boer War Illustrated
Author: Thomas PakenhamPublisher:
ISBN: 9781868420742
Category : South African War, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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From Boer War to World War
Author: Spencer JonesPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806189614
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
The British Expeditionary Force at the start of World War I was tiny by the standards of the other belligerent powers. Yet, when deployed to France in 1914, it prevailed against the German army because of its professionalism and tactical skill, strengths developed through hard lessons learned a dozen years earlier. In October 1899, the British went to war against the South African Boer republics of Transvaal and Orange Free State, expecting little resistance. A string of early defeats in the Boer War shook the military’s confidence. Historian Spencer Jones focuses on this bitter combat experience in From Boer War to World War, showing how it crucially shaped the British Army’s tactical development in the years that followed. Before the British Army faced the Boer republics, an aura of complacency had settled over the military. The Victorian era had been marked by years of easy defeats of crudely armed foes. The Boer War, however, brought the British face to face with what would become modern warfare. The sweeping, open terrain and advent of smokeless powder meant soldiers were picked off before they knew where shots had been fired from. The infantry’s standard close-order formations spelled disaster against the well-armed, entrenched Boers. Although the British Army ultimately adapted its strategy and overcame the Boers in 1902, the duration and cost of the war led to public outcry and introspection within the military. Jones draws on previously underutilized sources as he explores the key tactical lessons derived from the war, such as maximizing firepower and using natural cover, and he shows how these new ideas were incorporated in training and used to effect a thorough overhaul of the British Army. The first book to address specific connections between the Boer War and the opening months of World War I, Jones’s fresh interpretation adds to the historiography of both wars by emphasizing the continuity between them.
The Boer War 1899–1902
Author: Gregory Fremont-BarnesPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472810171
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
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'.
John Bull's Crime
Author: Webster DavisPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780365458845
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Excerpt from John Bull's Crime: Or Assaults on Republics It is not my purpose to heap abuse upon the people of the British Empire, individually or collectively, for the masses of them are not in entire sympathy with this war. Indeed, many of the most beautiful letters received congratulating me upon the course taken since my return to America are from men and women in England. What may be written will be directed not against the British people, but against the British government against the treaty breakers. The empire builders, the republic haters, and the liberty crushers - whose avarice. Selfishness and greed have been the cause of all the sorrow and suffering that have come to the homes of untold thousands not only in South Africa, but throughout the whole British Empire. That portion of the following pages devoted to an interview with Honorable F. W. Reitz, State Secretary of the South African Republic, is put in his own language, for the reason that the Boer side of the controversy placed before the reader in the language of the ablest scholar in the Boer Republic is much stronger than I can put it. And as this presentation covers the whole ground of the dispute it is especially desirable that the reader may grasp it as easily as possible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Boer War
Author: John Mackinnon RobertsonPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780484310291
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Excerpt from The Boer War: Open Letter to Dr. Conan Doyle But the worst of it is that your special pleading is irrele vant. The question in hand is not the right of Britain to Cape Colony; and you have raised this merely to prejudice the real issue. You admit that the title-deeds covered only Cape Colony, but you proceed to insinuate that we relate to the voor-trekkers who went up country beyond the colony as the United States would have related to any Dutch New Yorkers who might, after the Revolution, have trekked westward and formed new States fiercely anti-american and extremely anti-progressive. You are indeed a judicial ex positor for the unprejudiced. You are perfectly well aware that (1) the Orange Free State once actually invited Sir George Grey to become its President; (2) that it was one of the best-governed States in the world; and (3) that the Transvaal has made more educational progress in ten years than England ever made in thirty. You are further aware that the two Boer States set up manhood suffrage when England had not enfranchised her agricultural laborers; and that the Transvaal put no restrictions on enfranchisement until there came a flood of foreigners who avowed that if enfranchised they would not accept the first duties of Boer citizenship. You know all this, and, professing to write dispassionate history, you call the Boer Republics by impli cation fiercely anti-british and extremely anti-progressive from start to finish. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Hero of the Empire
Author: Candice MillardPublisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385535740
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
From the bestselling author of Destiny of the Republic, this thrilling biographical account of the life and legacy of Wintson Churchill is a "nail-biter and top-notch character study rolled into one" (The New York Times). At the age of twenty-four, Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England. He arrived in South Africa in 1899, valet and crates of vintage wine in tow, to cover the brutal colonial war the British were fighting with Boer rebels and jumpstart his political career. But just two weeks later, Churchill was taken prisoner. Remarkably, he pulled off a daring escape—traversing hundreds of miles of enemy territory, alone, with nothing but a crumpled wad of cash, four slabs of chocolate, and his wits to guide him. Bestselling author Candice Millard spins an epic story of bravery, savagery, and chance encounters with a cast of historical characters—including Rudyard Kipling, Lord Kitchener, and Mohandas Gandhi—with whom Churchill would later share the world stage. But Hero of the Empire is more than an extraordinary adventure story, for the lessons Churchill took from the Boer War would profoundly affect twentieth century history.
The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
Author: Phil TomaselliPublisher: Bright Sparks
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
"The Boer War was engaged in by British forces between Waterloo and the First World War. Troops from Britain and the Empire were sent to South Africa and tens of thousands of young men joined volunteer units to serve Queen and Country. This booklet suggests ways of researching the soldiers and sailors who saw action during the war"--Back cover.