The Second Boer War began in 1899 in the south of Africa. It was fought between the two Boer Republics and the British Empire. The Second Boer War lasted three years and the British needed to ...

It concludes with the end of the second Boer War in 1902. By his own admission, it is a chronology of people, events and conflicts that were of interest to him, not necessarily a scholarly ...

Relentlessly, history rolls on and events that were once within reach of human memory can no longer be recalled.

Historically, ‘The Bittereinders’ (‘The Irreconcilables’ in English) were a faction of Afrikaner guerrilla fighters who ...

Britain only had a small, though well-trained regular army. The Second Boer War lasted three years and the British needed to enlist more recruits. Many British men volunteered. During the war ...