A priceless collection of gallantry gongs awarded to British battlefield heroes and once thought to be a permanent fixture in ...

In 1899, Canada agreed to send volunteers to serve under British command in the Boer War. (Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada C-007986, Montreal soldiers of C Company South African ...

The Second Boer War began in 1899 in the south of Africa. It was fought between the two Boer Republics and the British Empire. The Second Boer War lasted three years and the British needed to ...

Relentlessly, history rolls on and events that were once within reach of human memory can no longer be recalled.

The Conservatives, benefiting from British success in the Boer War, and from splits in the Liberal Party, were returned to power. Lord Salisbury remained as prime minister and became the last ...

This is the original for reproduction. Cavalry are in the field escorting the observation balloon, riding hard (dead horse, bl) Drawing depicting the use of a military balloon during the Boer War / F.