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 ...

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 war began in 1899 as a conflict between the British army and Dutch settlers - called the Boer - in South Africa. When Britain asked its colonies for help, English Canada pressured Prime ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) was more than a conflict between the British Empire and the Boer republics of South Africa; its impact reverberated worldwide at the beginning of the 20th century.

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 ...