Boer Commando 1876 1902
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Author | : Ian Knight |
Publisher | : Osprey Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004-03-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781841766485 |
Their lifestyle of hunting for sport and profit honed the Boers' skills of field-craft, horsemanship, and marksmanship, making them a formidable force in the field and well suited to guerrilla operations. This book describes the life and combat experiences of a typical Boer in this key period. Using meticulously researched analysis and comment, and the experiences of a composite character, Johannes de Bruyn, a revealing portrait of Boer life and military operations is drawn. The actions at Laing's Neck, Majuba, the Zulu Civil War and the Second Anglo-Boer War are covered in this packed and informative treatment.
Author | : Deneys Reitz |
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Total Pages | : 331 |
Release | : 1935 |
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Author | : Fransjohan Pretorius |
Publisher | : Human & Rosseau |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Deneys Reitz |
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Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2013-10 |
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ISBN | : 9781258850289 |
This is a new release of the original 1929 edition.
Author | : Anthony David Jones |
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Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : South African War, 1899-1902 |
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Author | : Johanna Brandt |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : South African War, 1899-1902 |
ISBN | : 9783962727086 |
The Boer Commando was the basic unit of organisation of the militia of the Boer people of South Africa. The term came into English usage during the Second Boer War 1899-1902. Some of the Commandos in the Boer War were Women. This is the story of a Woman Commando in the Boer War. (Goodreads)
Author | : Deneys Reitz |
Publisher | : Da Capo Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780962761331 |
The best Boer eyewitness account of the war of 1899-1902 and a classic of military history.
Author | : Spencer Jones |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 383 |
Release | : 2013-04-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0806189614 |
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.
Author | : Deneys Reitz |
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Total Pages | : 111 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : South African War, 1899-1902 |
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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.
Author | : Ian Knight |
Publisher | : Osprey Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997-03-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781855326132 |
On 11 October 1899 the Second Boer War between the British and the Boers began. The war saw the most powerful professional army in the world pitted against the unconventional tactics of the undisciplined Boers. Although the Boers were finally forced to surrender in May 1902 the war had taken its toll on their opponents who lost some 8,000 troops killed in action with a further 13,000 dying from disease. This book covers the organisation, uniforms and very different tactics involved in the conflict, from guerrilla warfare to a final war of attrition that the Boers could not hope to win.