Superior Boer marksmanship and Mauser rifles exacted a high price from the British during the Second Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902. But the Boers used other arms as well—everything from single-shots ...

THE BOER WAR.; THE WAR IN SOUTH ... "The German Official Account of the War in South Africa" has been translated and edited by a British officer. ... French and his cavalry are highly praised.

Noted British historian Spencer Jones takes a look at how disaster in the field during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) transformed the British Army. The late Victorian Army had amassed ...

Before the widespread use of radios armies passed orders by trumpet, bugle, or drum. This bugle is unusual because, as well as its designed military purpose, it serves as a memorial being engraved ...

A 42-page letter written by a British sergeant to his father during the Second Boer War has been sold in an Oxfordshire auction for £1,500. William Smith wrote the account of the Siege of ...

After being captured and imprisoned in South Africa by enemy forces during the Second Boer War in ... he rejoined the British army. 4. He participated in the last meaningful British cavalry charge.

During the Second Boer War (1899-1902), the British rounded up around a sixth of the Boer population - mainly women and children - and detained them in camps, which were overcrowded and prone to ...

After the Second Boer War, the British transported as many as 9,000 prisoners to India, housing them in camps that often did not even have enough water. Anu Kumar. Dec 18, 2024 · 11:30 am ...

A 42-page letter written by a British sergeant to his father during the Second Boer War has been sold in an Oxfordshire auction for £1,500. William Smith wrote the account of the Siege of ...