This brutal of attrition which devastated the South African economy and cost the war British over $22 billion in 1899, triggered by Cecil Rhodes' failed Jameson raid. It marked the end of the old wars of empire and the beginning of a new more recognizably 20th century style of warfare. It saw the invention of the 'concentration camp' and saw the British develop their own brand of guerilla warfare to combat the Boers. Eventually defeated by superior numbers and a scorched earth policy, the Boers finally surrendered, but a legacy of bitterness had been spawned which would last for decades.
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Written by acknowledged experts and illustrated to the highest Osprey standards, books in the Battles and Histories series provide new insights into the century's major clashes.
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Martin Marix Evans was born in the opening days of the Second World War. He studied at universities in the United States and Britain, and graduated in Law from the University of Cambridge before entering a career in publishing. He established his own firm of book packagers in 1989. He is the author of guides to the D-Day operations, Ypres and Operation Market Garden and of Passchendaele and the Battles of Ypres 191418 and Retreat Hell! We Just Got Here, The American Expeditionary Force in France 19171918 published by Osprey in 1997 and 1998, as well as two books on Paris and one on English canals.
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This review is from: The Boer War: South Africa 1899-1902 (Battles and Histories) (Hardcover)
Does not go much into the background and the reasons for the war, but concentrates on the strategies and battles in the years 1899-1902. Displays lots of interesting pictures, drawings, original maps and also several pictures of the different battlefields as they look today. And very readable.
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In October 1899 Britain, and thus the British Empire, went to war with the Boer Republics of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mountain battery, armoured train, mounted infantry, field battery Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, Modder River, Orange Free State, Cape Colony, Gun Hill, Deneys Reitz, Orange River, Long Tom, Free Staters, Lieutenant Barton, Lord Roberts, Imperial Light Horse, New South Wales, Black Watch, Cape Town, Gordon Highlanders, Imperial Yeomanry, Wagon Hill, Caesar's Camp, Twin Peaks, Elands River, Hart's Hill, Ian Hamilton, Louis Botha, Conical Hill New!
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In October 1899 Britain, and thus the British Empire, went to war with the Boer Republics of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mountain battery, armoured train, mounted infantry, field battery Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, Modder River, Orange Free State, Cape Colony, Gun Hill, Deneys Reitz, Orange River, Long Tom, Free Staters, Lieutenant Barton, Lord Roberts, Imperial Light Horse, New South Wales, Black Watch, Cape Town, Gordon Highlanders, Imperial Yeomanry, Wagon Hill, Caesar's Camp, Twin Peaks, Elands River, Hart's Hill, Ian Hamilton, Louis Botha, Conical Hill New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Boer War (London to Ladysmith via Pretoria Ian Hamilton's March) by Winston S. Churchill (Sir) on page 77, and Back Matter
- The Boer War (Concise Campaigns Series) by Eversley Michael Gallimore Belfield in Back Matter
- The Boer War by Thomas Pakenham in Back Matter
- Three Years' War: October 1899-June 1902 in Back Matter
- Winston Churchill (Penguin Lives Biographies) by John Keegan on page 100
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