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	Britain Cape Colony Xhosa War 1818-1819
		Cape Frontier Wars also called KAFFIR, OR KAFIR, WARS (1779-1879), 100 years of intermittent warfare between the Cape colonists and the Xhosa agricultural and pastoral peoples of the Eastern Cape, in South Africa.
		After this war, the territory between the Great Fish and the Keiskamma was declared neutral (and later "ceded"), and the British government tried to clear it of its Xhosa inhabitants, but in vain.
		From this time, congestion on the land was increased by the influx of Mfengu refugees from the Mfecane in Natal, and the settlement of British colonists on the frontier in 1820 led to increased restlessness there.
	www.onwar.com /aced/data/kilo/kaffir1818.htm (308 words)

	6th-8th Frontier Wars, 1834-1853
		Sixth Kaffir War 1834-36, by Ralph Zuljan (OnWar.Com)
		Seventh Kaffir War 1846, by Ralph Zuljan (OnWar.Com)
		Eighth Kaffir War 1851-53, by Ralph Zuljan (OnWar.Com)
	regiments.org /wars/19thcent/34kaffir.htm (128 words)

	Cape Colony - LoveToKnow 1911
		Of Kaffir tribes the most important living north of the Orange river are the Bechuanas, whilst in the eastern province and Kaffraria live the Fingoes, Tembus and Pondos.
		The principal cereal crops are wheat, with a yield of 1,701,000 bushels in 1904, oats, barley, rye, mealies (Indian corn) and Kaffir corn (a kind of millet).
		Still the war went on, till at length Sandili, the chief of the Gaikas, surrendered, followed gradually by the other chiefs; and by the beginning of 1848 the Kaffirs were again subdued, after twenty-one months' fighting.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Cape_Colony (17067 words)

	British Light Infantry Regiments
		The eighteenth century saw Great Britain and France intermittently at war, both on the continent of Europe and throughout their colonial territories, and the British Army was continually expanded and reduced to suit the needs of the moment.
		The 43rd fought throughout the Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902), notably at the relief of Kimberley and the decisive battle of Paardeburg, which resulted in the surrender of the Boer General Cronje.
		After the war the 43rd were engaged in peace-keeping in Trieste and Yugoslavia while the 52nd faced the Jewish uprising against the British mandate in Palestine.
	www.lightinfantry.org.uk /regiments/obli/ox_index.htm (0 words)

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		The Kaffirs, in the opinion of Lord Glenelg, had an ample justification for war; they had to resent, and endeavoured justly, though impotently, to avenge a series of encroachments (despatch of the 26th of December 1835).
		Another war with the Kaffirs broke out in 1846 and was known as the War of the Axe, from the murder of a Hottentot, to whom an old Kaffir thief was manacled, while being conveyed to Grahams Town.
		During the war the supplying of the army in the field had caused an artificial inflation of trade, and the Sprigg ministry had pursued a policy of extravagant expenditure not warranted by the finances of the colony.
	www.capepostalhistory.com /history.html (14734 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - NORDEN, JOSHUA D.: (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He was field commandant in the Kaffir war and a captain of yeomanry, and commanded the mounted force that was sent against the Kaffirs in 1846.
		He met his death in the chain of hills skirting Graham's Town, where, accompanied by six of his men, he was moving against a body of Kaffirs.
		The Kaffirs were in ambush, and a ball from a Kaffir rifle pierced Norden's head.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=333&letter=N (118 words)

	Roll of Honour - Boer War - Individuals - General Rt Hon Sir Redvers Buller, VC GCB
		Son of James Wentworth Buller, M.P., of Crediton, Devonshire, and the descendant of an old Cornish family, long established in Devonshire, tracing its ancestry in the female line to Edward I., he was born in 1839 at Downes, Crediton, Devon, and educated at Eton.
		He then served in South Africa during the Kaffir War, 1878 and the Zulu War, 1879, where he commanded a regiment of irregular horse.
		He served as Chief of Staff in the first Boer War and then to General Wolsley in both the Egyptian campaign of 1882, where he was commended for coolness under fire at Tamai, and the Gordon relief expedition of 1885.
	www.roll-of-honour.com /Boer/BoerWarBullerRedvers.html (448 words)

	Khaki Drill - www.canadiansoldiers.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Canadian soldiers first wore khaki in the Boer War; it was introduced in Canada as well, but was not authorized for wear within Canada until after the First World War.
		During the Second World War, Other Ranks' pattern KD jackets were replaced with a newer pattern, being an open collar design based very closely on the new Canadian pattern open collared Service Dress jacket.
		After the Second World War, Khaki Drill was replaced by the green Bush Dress for summer and tropical wear, though the shirts may have been issued with Battle Dress for some time after the shorts and other uniform components were replaced.
	www.canadiansoldiers.com /mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=Khaki_Drill (732 words)

	New Zealand Military History
		The New Zealand Colonial, or Maori, Wars were a series a related conflicts between the Maori tribes of the North Island and the British authorities - initially represented by Imperial British forces then by local the Colonial Defence Force (Belich, 1986).
		The wars featured small numbers of Maori more or less fending off considerably larger numbers of British (some 18,000 Imperial troops were fielded in the largest of the campaigns).
		It was the first war where a force was raised in NZ for service overseas (King, 1981).
	www.balagan.org.uk /war/nz/index.htm (573 words)

	SECHABA - The Great Battle (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Yet the fearless African warriors of that Zulu kingdom were able to overrun the main staging camp of the invading army despite the withering fire from the breech-loading rifles, cannons, rocket-tubes and Gatling machine-guns and in ferocious hand-to-hand fighting account for the lives of almost all the desperate defenders.
		For example wars to the finish were launched on the Hlubi in 1873, the Gcaleka and Pedi in 1877, the Ngqika, Thembu, Pondo, Griqua and Rolong in 1878, the Sotho in 1880, the Ndebele in 1893.
		Thus we see that the cause of the war lay entirely at the door of the British; as was the case with all wars of colonial conquest.
	www.anc.org.za /ancdocs/history/misc/isandhlwana.html (2762 words)

	CHAPTER 2
		This was the first campaign against the Kaffirs in which the 7th Dragoon Guards had taken part, and neither of fixers nor men had any idea of its conditions: moreover their equipment and arms were utterly unsuited to such warfare.
		Matters were growing serious; Kaffirs were pouring down to the track by which we had marched in the morning; in every dip of the road we might find an ambush, and our arrival in camp seemed an impossibility.
		Happily the Kaffir Sergeant was intelligent and faithful, and as soon as I put him in charge of our route, he discovered the path and piloted us safely down to a ford or drift across the Keiskamma, which is a rapid river of some size.
	oasis.fortunecity.com /southend/229/ch2.htm (7638 words)

	Lies, Damn Lies, and (MSM) Statistics \| Redstate
		On the third anniversay of the Iraq war, the MSM keeps bombarding us with stories and statistics trying to compare this war to the carnage in Vietnam, trying to make us think that US soldiers are dying at an alarming number due to Bush's failures.
		Of course, we should expect this -- we are fighting a war in which we have taken invaded and control much more territory and have to deal with a much more hostile population for a longer period of time than at another military conflict over the past 24 years.
		Those who support the Iraq war might argue that these deaths are a small price to pay for the increased security they have provided to the U.S., and the freedom they have provided to the Iraqis.
	www.redstate.com /story/2006/3/20/21940/0381 (0 words)

	Irish Regiments in World War 1 - Waterford County Museum (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1793, after war had been declared with the French Republic, three of the officers referred to [Colonels Hay Ferrier, Cunynghame, and Halkett] who had been battalion commanders in the Scots Brigade, were authorised to raise battalions of foot in Scotland.
		The 1st Battalion was in Ferozepore, India at the outbreak of war as part of the Ferozepore Brigade in 3rd (Lahore) Division.
		The 2nd Battalion began the war at Barossa Barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire in 5th Brigade of 2nd Division and it embarked as part of the original British Expeditionary Force on 114 Aug 1914, landing at Boulogne.
	www.waterfordcountymuseum.org /exhibit/web/Display/article/31/3 (2804 words)

	NOTES ON THE WEDDERBURN FAMILY provided by CHRISTOPHER WEDDERBURN, great-great-great-grandson of the original ...
		They farmed there for 19 years experiencing many ups and downs in the first years, the greatest hardships suffered were in the 1835 and 1846 Kaffir wars when in each war their home was burned to the ground, crops destroyed and stock stolen by the Kaffirs, and they barely escaped with their lives.
		Fought in Kaffir wars of 1835 and 1846.
		He was fatally wounded on January 6th 1861 during the 8th Kafir war 1860/53 and died nine months later on 16th September at the home of his brother William in New St., Grahamstown, and buried in the Wesleyan Cemetery.
	wedderburn.alpesprovence.net /settlers/wedderburnnotes.htm (2301 words)

	The Wargamer - 1000 Years of War in Review
		Austria declares war and the Prussians under Blucher win at Wahlstatt but the allied army is defeated at Dresden before the “Battle of Nations” ends in defeat for Napoleon at Leipzig.
		Sixth Kaffir War involves Bantu natives and white settlers in Cape Colony.
		Anglo-Chinese war in 1856, the Royal Navy destroys the Chinese fleet in 1857, with British and French troops occupying Canton.
	www.wargamer.com /articles/1000Y/1000y_p9.asp (1849 words)

	10Nov - pafn12 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		After the war, Miles sold the farm to his brother William, and moved to "Groenfontein" until the 1850 war, when again he had to abandon his farm.
		He was also a member of the 1828 campaign against the M'fecani, and served as Lieutenant, Provisional Colonial Infantry in the 1834-1835 war, as Captain, Grahamstown Native Levy in the war of 1846-1847 and as Commandant of Burghers at Whittlesea in that of 1850-1853.
		In the war of 1846-1847 he was Commandant, Mill River Station and was in charge of the laager at Oakwell in the war of 1850-1853.
	members.tripod.com /paul_tannertremaine/tremaine/pafn12.htm (1151 words)

	Black Watch
		In 1852, during the second Kaffir War, 56 members of the 73rd were drowned in the tragic wreck of the Birkenhead.
		During the war of 1914-1918 the regiment consisted of 25 battalions and fought in France and Flanders, Macedonia, Egypt, Mesopotamia and Palestine.
		Sixty-eight battle honors were awarded to the regiment for the 1914-1918 war, and of these, ten were selected for emblazoning on the Color.
	pirate.shu.edu /~therajpa/blackwatch.htm (861 words)

	ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS (Site not responding. Last check: )
		During the Second Kaffir War in South Africa, 1846-47, a draft of the 91st was going out to join the regiment which, together with drafts from ten other regiments, all young soldiers, was performed that most gallant and self-sacrificing act during the wreck of the Birkenhead, which showed a disciplined
		During the Crimea War the 93rd (now 2nd Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), with a few Marines and Turks, were the only troops left to cover the Base at Balaclava, which the Russians attempted to capture on October 25th, 1854.
		The 93rd are distinguished in Peace no less than in War, and before they went abroad in 1927, they had one of the best football teams and one of the best Military Bands in the Kingdom, and they were reported on as being the "best trained Battalion in the British Army".
	www.warlinks.com /memories/barker/ash.htm (1914 words)

	Sir Redvers Henry Buller
		British general, son of James Wentworth Buller, M.P., of Crediton, Devonshire, and the descendant of an old Cornish family, long established in Devonshire, tracing its ancestry in the female line to King Edward I, was born in 1839, and educated at Eton.
		In the Kaffir War of 1878-79 and the Zulu War of 1879 he was conspicuous as an intrepid and popular leader, and acquired a reputation for courage and dogged determination.
		In the Boer War of 1881 he was Sir Evelyn Wood's chief of staff; and thus added to his experience of South African conditions of warfare.
	www.nndb.com /people/903/000095618 (765 words)

	45th Regt of Foot
		The 45th served for twenty years in Canada and for its gallantry at Louisburg was later awarded the first of a long roll of battle honours which now adorn the Colours.
		The 45th was split into a 1st and a reserve battalion in 1843 and the 1st Battalion was sent to South Africa where it played a prominent part in the defence of Natal during the Boer disturbances.
		Reduced to a single battalion regiment for some years and distributed between the Eastern Frontier and Natal until 1859, the 45th took part in the Kaffir War of 1851 - 53 and the expedition across the Orange River.
	www.army.mod.uk /wfr/regt_history/45th_regt_of_foot.htm (1158 words)

	Biography-Maj. Gen. J.W. Barnes
		Kaffir War 1846-1847 Served in several engagements as local Lieutenant and Adjutant in Major Hogg's Battalion of Native Infantry.
		He served as lieutenant and adjutant in Major Hogg's battalion of Native Infantry in the Kaffir war of 1847, was present at several engagements, and accompanied the expedition into Tambookie and Kei.
		In the Kaffir War of 1851 he served with the 73rd Regiment (receiving the medal), and he also served in the Indian Mutiny campaign, including the operations in the Gorakh district in 1858, and on the Nepal frontier in 1859 (medal).
	members.dca.net /fbl/barnesjw.html (600 words)

	Hirst, Free Trade and Other Fundamental Doctrines of the Manchester School, Part IV, Essay 2: Library of Economics and ...
		This increase was in consequence of the Kaffir war; and for the same reason the fleet on this station was increased to nine ships, with a complement of 1700 men, which fleet must have cost this country at the rate of £170,000 a year.
		Sometimes the Kaffirs stole, or were accused of stealing, the cattle of the colonists; the colonists retaliated; then they came to blows; blood was shed; the Colonial Government interfered; a large expenditure of public money ensued, to be paid for out of the Imperial treasury.
		The war would never have been brought to a close had it not been for the colonial corps, who, composed of Hottentots, led on by brave and energetic young English officers, followed the spoor of the Kaffirs, captured their cattle, and hunted them down like wolves.
	www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Hirst/hrstMS23.html (11852 words)

	Marie
		As Allan observed "it is a poor Kaffir that does not love fighting, especially when he has a gun and a white man or two to lead him".
		But there are 200-300 Kaffirs, and all they can do is hold off the attack until the Reverend Mr Quatermain can raise the local Boers and bring help.
		The Kaffirs steal the 150 cattle and 2,000 sheep, so Henri Marais will be ruined, whatever loss he may suffer.
	www.geocities.com /noelcox/Marie.htm (2353 words)

	45th Regiment
		Dense tracks of steamy jungle had to be traversed, and a number of strongly constructed and stubbornly defended stockades stormed and destroyed.
		The Reserve Battalion saw active service in South America in the defence of Montevideo in 1846 and also served in South Africa during the Kaffir War of 1846-47 before being reabsorbed into the 1st Battalion.
		Reduced to a single battalion regiment for some years and distributed between the Eastern Frontier and Natal until 1859, the 45th took part in the Kaffir War 1851 -53 and the expedition across the Orange River.
	freespace.virgin.net /stephen.mee/45th_regiment.htm (1146 words)

	Illustrated London News 1878
		The Kaffir War: A Fingo Sentinel, A Galeka Chieftan.
		From a sketch by Benjamin Cuddiford, one of the 2 survivors.
		The Kaffir War: Fort Fordyce, near the Waterkloof, HQ of the 90th Light Infantry, The Diamond Fields Horse in action.
	www.iln.org.uk /iln_years/year/1878.htm (1617 words)

	Sixth Kaffir War
		The War Diaries are a historical record of a unit’s administration, operations and activities during the First World War.
		Highlights the artists who contributed to the Canadian War Memorials Fund, and whose work was exhibited in 1919 at the first major exhibition to showcase images created during the war.
		The history of the Canadian War Brides of World War Two; 48,000 British and European women who met and married Canadian servicemen overseas between 1940-1946 and who came to Canada to live at the end of the war.
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Sixth_Kaffir_War (1796 words)

	The Men in Charge of the British Army in the Crimea
		He had never been to war and was, in fact, more interested in exploration than in the Army.
		There were, of course, those who wondered whether a man who had spent the last forty years behind a desk and who had never commanded so much as a battalion in the field was an ideal man to command an army, but when asked to point out another officer more suitable they could not.
		And so, less than three weeks after war was declared, General Lord Raglan, P.C., G.C.B., found himself sailing for a conference in Paris and then on to Turkey in command of what was proudly called in The Times 'the finest army that has ever left these shores'.
	www.scholars.nus.edu.sg /landow/victorian/history/crimea/commanders.html (1595 words)

	The Firm of Girdlestone, Arthur Conan Doyle - Section 28 of 50 - Book Club/Fiction - ArcaMax Publishing
		In one corner was an Afghan matchlock, and a bundle of spears from the southern seas; in another a carved Indian paddle, a Kaffir assegai, and an American blowpipe, with its little sheaf of poisoned arrows.
		In the Afghan war I was convoying supplies through the passes, when we were set upon by Afreedees, hillmen, and robbers.
		A sentry had been placed just over this, and after the match was lit it was forgotten to withdraw the man. He knew well that the powder beneath him would presently him into the air lift, but since he had not been dismissed in right form he remained until the ausbruch had exploded.
	www.arcamax.com /fiction/b-1634-28 (2231 words)

	MATHABANE
		Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.
		While the inaugeral [sic] address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war--seeking to dissole [sic] the Union, and divide effects, by negotiation.
		To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it.
	www.mathabane.com /lincoln.htm (643 words)

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