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	The Weapons and Battles of the Second Anglo-Boer War
		As would be demonstrated again in the Great War, machine guns excelled at sweeping open ground and laying down suppressive or harassing fire over trench lines; their use in the Anglo-Boer War was to be both in the offensive and defensive theatres of the war, as will be discussed later.
		The Anglo-Boer War (or, then, the Boer War; the South African War; the Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, and so on) was in many respects a new kind of war.
		The Boers would never field a force in a conventional battle of the scale that was common in the first year of the war; the Boer commandos had been split to the four winds with little in the way of heavy weapons or supplies, and this limited their effectiveness drastically.
	www.heliograph.com /trmgs/trmgs4/boer.shtml (5102 words)

	The Anglo-Boer War
		This was largely at the expense of Africans (who were excluded from political power and forced to give back much land retaken from Boers during the wars years).
		Having lost the war, the Boers, however, won the peace.
		Boer women and children, who were evicted from farms or villages put to the torch by the British, were either sent to concentration camps where many of them died from disease, or went to endure the exposure of commando life in the veld.
	www.zuidafrika.nl /introduction/boerwar.html (359 words)

	Victorian Station - The Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902)
		The Anglo-Boer War was a period of sustained violence.
		The Boers certainly won the peace if not the war.
		Some Boer commando units fled into the vast bush country and continued to wage unconventional guerilla warfare by blowing up trains and ambushing British troops for the next two years.
	www.victorianstation.com /boerwar.htm (547 words)

	Facts about the Anglo-Boer War
		Earlier during the Anglo-Boer War, the well-ordered forces of Greater Britain were put to the test by irregular commandos of Afrikaners (of Dutch extraction) which included swift-moving, mounted farmers armed with deadly Mauser rifles and bitter determination.
		The Anglo-Boer War is said today to be the last of the `gentlemen's wars', the `last Colonial war' and the `forgotten war'.
		Conan Doyle's The War in South Africa--its cause and conduct was controversial.
	users.westconnect.com.au /~ianmac5/facts.html (617 words)

	The Anglo Boer war: a chronology
		The Anglo Boer War, a three-year long skirmish between English colonialists in South Africa and the Dutch descendants, the Afrikaaners took place at the turn of the Century and is notable for a number of features, such as the first appearance in the Twentieth Century of the Concentration Camp system.
		The Anglo Boer War, fought between the Afrikaaners and English Colonialists in South Africa in 1899 marked the first appearance of concentration camps in battle.
		The eventual peace treaty was accepted by the Boers on a 54-to-6 basis, and a delegation of ten Boer leaders signed the eventual treaty on the 31st of May 1902.
	ks.essortment.com /angloboerwar_rqrz.htm (595 words)

	Boer War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Second Boer War from October 11, 1899 until May 31, 1902
		First Boer War from December 16, 1880 until March 23, 1881
		Both were between the British Empire and the two independent Boer republics, the Orange Free State and the South African Republic (Transvaal Republic), founded by settlers known as Voortrekkers who made the Great Trek from the Cape Colony and were primarily of Dutch, French and German origin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boer_War (160 words)

	The Boer War (South Africa, 1899-1902)
		A history of the Boer War with special emphasis on debunking the myth of the 'white's man fight' and focusing also on the concentration camps.
		Boer War bibliography compiled by the Institute for Military History of the USA
		Boer War, The (1993) - Thomas Pakenham, 1993
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Acropolis/8141/boerwar.html (2990 words)

	Anglo Boer War Museum
		One of the most significant events in the history of South Africa was the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902.
		Although the protagonists were Britain and the two Boer Republics, the population of South Africa as a whole became embroiled in the war either directly or indirectly.
		The War Museum in Bloemfontein does not only give the visitor insight into the Boer War through it`s unique art collection, dioramas and exhibits but also brings the visitor closer to understanding the background against which the war took place.
	www.anglo-boer.co.za (149 words)

	Anglo Boer War
		(Anglo Boer War Museum 1) As the world’s leading maritime power, Britain was concerned with its position in all of the world’s major ports and the Cape was the hub of the world’s shipping lanes.
		(Anglo Boer War Museum 1) The Boers did not really choose to be in the war, as the Boers were merely defending themselves against the attacking British.
		(Anglo Boer War Museum 1) The Boers strategy to win the war involved the use of guerilla warfare and siege tactics.
	www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us /History/Africa/03/Dkridler/Dkridler.htm (1718 words)

	Boer War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		War was declared on October 12, 1899 and the Boers struck first by invading Cape Colony and Natal Colony between October 1899 and January 1900.
		The last of the Boers surrendered in May 1902 and the war ended with the Treaty of Vereeniging in the same month.
		Also known as the Transvaal War, the First Boer War was the first clash between the British and the Transvaal Boers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boer_War (1718 words)

	The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902
		The Boer War, by Thomas Pakenham, pp 105-123.
		Jameson's Raid: The Prelude to the Boer War.
		Colonel the Comte de Villebois-Mareuil was a distinguished French volunteer in the Boer War.
	www.au.af.mil /au/aul/bibs/boer/boerwr.htm (1781 words)

	Roll of Honour - Boer War - Available pages
		This database is built from the details found on the Boer War memorials located in Bedford, Cambridge, Ely, Huntingdon, Peterborough and St Albans.
		Boer War - The Peterborough and Huntingdonshire Standard - Jan to Mar 1900
		Roll of Honour - Boer War - Available pages
	www.roll-of-honour.com /Boer (302 words)

	Australia doing battle during Anglo-Boer war at Rensburg
		However the war had a dark side, most fatalities were inflicted on the innocent Boer women and children as they were subjected to inhumane treatment and neglect by the British.
		Kitchener's real aim was to remove the Boer families from the scene, thus cutting the support and assistance which the Boers received in the war.
		To grasp how many Boer women and children died out of the Boer nation, for the British to have experienced a similar pogrom it would have meant that 3 million of their women and children would need to have died in concentration camps.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Rhodes/1266/historical-Boerwaratrensburg8.htm (1260 words)

	Canadian Anglo Boer War Museum
		The Great Anglo-Boer War broke out in October, 1899, between Britain and her neighbors in South Africa, the Boer farmers living in the Boer Republics (the Orange Free State and the South African Republic - the Transvaal).
		The 5th Lancers at Elandslaagte, one of the early battles of the Anglo-Boer War, made one of the last charges in history here as this "spearing technology" became out of date with the appearance of the modern German Mauser rifle in the hands of expert Boer riflemen.
		Today it flutters only in the hearts of Boer nationalists who remember the tragic loss of life among Boer men, women and children, and the loss of freedom under the Boer Republics after almost three terrible years of war.
	www.goldiproductions.com /BoerWar_Museum/Boer2_intro2.html (1749 words)

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		It would be a war that would cost the Boers their independence, and by the time that the Second Anglo-Boer War was over 1902, the word "Boer" would no longer be used.
		In many of the war’s more biassed and slanted history books, the illusion still remains that the Boers were somehow a primitive race of religious bigots who deserved to have their country taken from them – even though such an act might perhaps have been wrong in the first place.
		Certainly, the Boer nation, at the time of the Boer War, seemed to exhibit general standards of morality that seemed to have been superior to many other nations at that time, but they were never perfect and never faultless.
	www.stopboergenocide.com /29301/32001.html (6638 words)

	The Boer War
		The Boer Wars was the name given to the South African Wars of 1880-1 and 1899-1902, that were fought between the British and the descendants of the Dutch settlers (Boers) in Africa.
		After the first Boer War William Gladstone granted the Boers self-government in the Transvaal.
		Although the Boers only had 88,000 soldiers, led by the outstanding soldiers such as Louis Botha, and Jan Smuts, the Boers were able to successfully besiege the British garrisons at Ladysmith, Mafeking and Kimberley.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /WARboer.htm (704 words)

	Anglo-Boer War books - Part 1
		For a definitive, and detailed, inspection of the Anglo-Boer war the best book to read must be Thomas Pakenham's The Boer War.
		Since the start of the (second) Anglo-Boer War centenary last October there has been a plethora of books published on the subject.
		What it does provide is an excellent overview of the war using first-hand accounts from both sides - revealing the often confusing and conflicting nature of primary sources.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/wargaming/45893 (441 words)

	Anglo Boer War: Siege of Elandsriver Commemoration
		Delarey to surrender was rejected out of hand, and their stout defence under trying circumstances must be seen as one of the finest achievements of Australian forces in the Anglo-Boer war.
		The artillery fire caused carnage among thousands of animals and the stench of rotting carcasses eventually proved as much a discomfort during the 13-day siege as was the persistent Boer shelling and sniping.
		When they did, the Boers laid down deadly accurate fire which caused Carrington to retire – a move which soon became a hasty retreat all the way to Mafikeng.
	marico.co.za /Elandsriver (1434 words)

	Anglo-Boer war victims honored
		But now, for the first time, black men, women and children who died in the Anglo-Boer War are being honored as the nation commemorates the conflict's 100th anniversary – and rewrites a national history in which whites received top billing and blacks were footnotes at best.
		An exhibit depicting the participation of blacks opens today at the War Museum in nearby Bloemfontein, which previously described the conflict exclusively from the perspective of the Boers – the descendants of Dutch and other European settlers.
		President Thabo Mbeki and the Duke of Kent are to lay wreaths tomorrow at the gravesites of Africans, Britons and Boers outside the town of Brandfort, 190 miles south of Johannesburg.
	www.th-record.com /1999/10/08/boerwar.htm (440 words)

	Unidentified Weapons
		During the Second Anglo-Boer War the guns were already in the museum in Pretoria.
		These cannons were built during the First Anglo-Boer War by two Boer nephews, Martinus and Eduard Ras.
		This mortar is simply identified as "De Ouwde Pot" or, "The Old Pot." It was used by the Boers during the Siege of Ladysmith, presumably to fire star shells for the purpose of illumination at night.
	abw.netfirms.com /unidentified_weapons.htm (874 words)

	Anglo-Boer War Museum
		Left, part of the fabulous Otto Moody Boer War collection, which we have managed to save for posterity, thanks to a public-spirited American donor: the snake belt, numbered and signed to Otto Moody, and the Lee-Metford bayonet, dated Jan. 1893, which he carried during the campaign.
		He would later become a Major General in World War I. A fabulous find at a Toronto auction, the fabled bugle of Edwin McCormick, on which he blew the Last Post after the Battle of Hart's River, while standing on the spot where they buried the Canadians, where historian John Goldi is standing.
		The War balloon: The British Army had four war balloon units in South Africa.
	www.goldiproductions.com /BoerWar_Museum/wel_boer.html (543 words)

	Anglo-Boer War, 1880-1881
		Boer Revolt in the Transvaal 1880-1881, by Ralph Zuljan (OnWar.Com)
		First Boer War 1880-1881, index of links by Simonides.
		The First Boer War 1881, by Stephen Luscombe (The British Empire)
	www.regiments.org /wars/19thcent/80boer.htm (119 words)

	Blockhouses of the Boer War
		The popular image of a blockhouse of the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) is that of a circular metal construction entangled by wire fortifications sitting forlornly in the middle of the veldt.
		Although the Boer general, Christiaan De Wet, thought they prolonged the war because the great expansion of tht blockhouse system in mid-1901 allowed the Boers to regroup and fight on.
		When the Boers took to the veldt and the guerilla phase began in late 1900 they proved eluslve and were very difficult to bring to battle.
	www.magweb.com /sample/scol/scc11blc.htm (1194 words)

	Anglo-Boer war flags in South Africa
		These were unofficial flags representing "Boer" forces fighting the British during the Anglo-Boer War.
		Flag used by Boers in the Battle of Paardeberg (Boer War)
		Used by Boere in and after the wars
	flagspot.net /flags/za^boer.html (899 words)

	ABWMP-Home
		The Anglo-Boer War Memorials Project is run under the auspices of the Victorian Military Society.
		The Project is dedicated to the recording of memorials to the Anglo-Boer War across the world.
		Doing research on a soldier of the Anglo-Boer War?
	www.casus-belli.co.uk /abwmp (181 words)

	Anglo-Boer War books - Part 2
		The Hall Handbook of the Anglo Boer War by Darrell Hall is thus the perfect complement.
		It avoids the pitfalls of personal interpretation and propaganda and is a must for anyone who reenacts the battles of the Anglo-Boer War on the tabletop.
		There is a chapter on casualties, prisoners and war graves - with details about typical medical arrangements and how prisoners of war on both sides were dealt with.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/wargaming/46835 (399 words)

	The Anglo-Boer War (Part 2) - South African History
		Then the Boers started a guerrilla war that was gruelling for everyone involved.
		The Boer commandos were hunted systematically, the fields devastated, the harvests destroyed.
		Eventually the Boers realized that any further resistance would demand more senseless sacrifices, and peace negotiations began.
	www.southafrica-travel.net /history/eh_boer2.htm (201 words)

	Anglo-Boer War reading room
		The Boers were then in line across the front of the camp, inside the pompoms and the fire coming from their rifles made a long line of continuous flame.
		Three time I mistook Boers for my own men, but the fourth time on approaching three of them I was seized by two of them and pushed down on to the ground where there were three other men under the charge of a sentry.
		Account by a Boer prisoner to a correspondent of the The Daily Mail of the trap into which the 2nd/Worcesters had fallen and the attempted rescue of them by the Australians under Major Eddy, at Hobkirk's Farm, near Colesberg, 12th February 1900.
	users.netconnect.com.au /~ianmac/readroom.htm (4779 words)

	The Weapons and Battles of the Second Anglo-Boer War
		The Anglo-Boer War (or, then, the Boer War ; the South African War ; the Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, and so on) was in many respects a new kind of war.
		As would be demonstrated again in the Great War, machine guns excelled at sweeping open ground and laying down suppressive or harassing fire over trench lines; their use in the Anglo-Boer War was to be both in the offensive and defensive theatres of the war, as will be discussed later.
		The Boers would never field a force in a conventional battle of the scale that was common in the first year of the war; the Boer commandos had been split to the four winds with little in the way of heavy weapons or supplies, and this limited their effectiveness drastically.
	www.heliograph.com /trmgs/trmgs4/boer.shtml (4779 words)

	South African Military History Society - details of Boer War Centenary
		To follow are 'Commando' by Deneys Reitz, 'The Last Boer War' by Rider Haggard and 'On the Heels of de Wet' by Intelligence Officer.
		South African Military History Society - details of Boer War Centenary
		These would be very suitable to be used as publicity material or as a most attractive souvenir.
	rapidttp.co.za /milhist/boercenk.html (276 words)

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