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Commando
Author | : Deneys Reitz |
Publsiher | : |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : South African War, 1899-1902 |
ISBN 10 | : 1868420663 |
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The straightforward narrative of his experiences is both a classic of true-life adventure, and an unforgettable picture of mobile guerrilla warfare, in a conflict the results of which are with us to the present day..
Commando
Author | : Deneys Reitz |
Publsiher | : |
Total Pages | : 111 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : South African War, 1899-1902 |
ISBN 10 | : OCLC:1040262707 |
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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..
Commando
Author | : Deneys Reitz |
Publsiher | : Pickle Partners Publishing |
Total Pages | : 679 |
Release | : 2017-07-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN 10 | : 9781787206243 |
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During his exile in Madagascar, Boer soldier Deneys Reitz wrote about his experience of the Second Boer War (1899-1902). When it was eventually edited and published in 1929 as Commando: A Boer Journal of the Boer War, it still had the freshness and detail of an account written soon after the war. Reitz’ descriptions of the tumult through the eyes of a warrior in the saddle form not only a succinct narrative and important source for the Second Boer War, but his family connections (his father Francis William Reitz was State Secretary of the Transvaal), sheer luck, and participation at virtually every major event of the War all provide for a unique account. A vivid, unforgettable picture of mobile guerrilla warfare. Richly illustrated throughout..
Commando
Author | : Deneys Reitz |
Publsiher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2009-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN 10 | : 1920265686 |
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(Revised in May 2009) Deneys Reitz was 17 when the 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, tiring horses, and lack of food, clothing, and boots..
The Trilogy of Deneys Reitz
Author | : Deneys Reitz |
Publsiher | : Wolfe Publishing (SC) |
Total Pages | : 1008 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : South Africa |
ISBN 10 | : IND:30000041991245 |
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Commando. A Boer Journal of the Boer War, Etc
Author | : Deneys REITZ |
Publsiher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1929 |
Genre | : |
ISBN 10 | : OCLC:504827005 |
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Commando; a Boer Journal of the Boer War. With a Pref. by J.C. Smuts
Author | : Deneys Reitz |
Publsiher | : |
Total Pages | : 331 |
Release | : 1931 |
Genre | : South African War, 1899-1902 |
ISBN 10 | : OCLC:639766641 |
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The War Memoirs of Commandant Ludwig Krause, 1899-1900
Author | : Ludwig Krause |
Publsiher | : Van Riebeeck Society, The |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) |
ISBN 10 | : 0958411220 |
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The Boer War
Author | : Denis Judd |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2013-03-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN 10 | : 9780857733160 |
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The Boer War of 1899-1902 was an epic of heroism and bungling, cunning and barbarism, with an extraordinary cast of characters - including Churchill, Rhodes, Conan Doyle, Smuts, Kipling, Gandhi, Kruger and Kitchener. The war revealed the ineptitude of the British military and unexpectedly exposed the corrupt underside of imperialism in the establishment of the first concentration camps, the shooting of Boer prisoners-of-war and the embezzlement of military supplies by British officers. This acclaimed book provides a complete history of the Boer War - from the first signs of unrest to the eventual peace. In the process, it debunks several of the myths which have grown up around the conflict and explores the deadly legacy it left for southern Africa..
The Boer War
Author | : Fred R. Van Hartesveldt |
Publsiher | : Greenwood Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : South African War, 1899-1902 |
ISBN 10 | : 9780313306273 |
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One hundred years after the Boer War, the British continue to debate what went wrong, while the war has significant nationalist overtones in today's South Africa. This book examines changes in interpretations of the war and provides a bibliography of major sources on the Boer War, now sometimes called the South African War. The bibliography focuses on the military history, but also includes some historical accounts of the political debate. The first part of the book provides an extended historiographical essay, while part two provides an annotated bibliography of the titles discussed in part one. Historiographical questions concerning the Boer War are numerous. Discussions of military operations focus on the early use of modern weaponry and the effect of guerrilla tactics on a traditional force, while other historians debate the question of British military leadership and organization. Questions also revolve around British imperialism and the scramble for Africa. Frequently called the second war for freedom by South African authors, the war was the reason that South Africa, unlike other British colonies, gained independence without majority rule. This makes the war of continuing relevance to the turmoil in South Africa, the collapse of the minority government, and the continuing problems of the current government. This book will provide a useful tool for those wishing to research the war..
The Petticoat Commando, Or Boer Women in Secret Service
Author | : Johanna Brandt |
Publsiher | : Wildside Press LLC |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN 10 | : 9780809501410 |
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I have tried to give the public some idea of what was done by Boer women, during the great Anglo-Boer war, to keep their men in the field and to support them in what proved to be a hopeless struggle for independence and liberty. As far as I was able I have also described the perils and hardships connected with the Secret Service of the Boers and the heroism and resource displayed by the men. Although it is with the knowledge and consent of the Boer leaders that I give publicity to what is known to me of the methods employed in the Secret Service of the Boers, I do not wish to convey the impression that these events of the war at any time bore an official character. It is a purely personal narrative and has only been written at the repeated request, during the last ten years, of the many friends associated with the experiences of the diarist and of the principal characters appearing in this book. In order to preserve the historical value of the book no fictitious names have been employed. There are, as far as we know, very few records of this nature in existence, owing to the dangers connected with keeping a diary under martial law, and it seemed a pity, therefore, to withhold from the public materials which may be of use to those who are interested in studying or writing the history of those critical years. I cannot vouch for the truth of every war rumour related here, nor for the accuracy of the information which I have obtained from other people, but the experiences of the diarist, as they were recorded from day to day, are correct in every detail. My Dutch edition of this book, Die Kappie Kommando, is now appearing in the Dutch South African bi-monthly journal, Die Brandwag, and will, when completed, be published in book form in Holland. --The Author.
The Boer War
Author | : Martin Bossenbroek |
Publsiher | : Seven Stories Press |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2018-01-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN 10 | : 9781609807481 |
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The Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) is one of the most intriguing conflicts of modern history. It has been labeled many things: the first media war, a precursor of the First and Second World Wars, the originator of apartheid. The difference in status and resources between the superpower Great Britain and two insignificant Boer republics in southern Africa was enormous. But, against all expectation, it took the British every effort and a huge sum of money to win the war, not least by unleashing a campaign of systematic terror against the civilian population. In The Boer War, winner of the Netherland's 2013 Libris History Prize and shortlisted for the 2013 AKO Literature Prize, the author brings a completely new perspective to this chapter of South African history, critically examining the involvement of the Netherlands in the war. Furthermore, unlike other accounts, Martin Bossenbroek explores the war primarily through the experiences of three men uniquely active during the bloody conflict. They are Willem Leyds, the Dutch lawyer who was to become South African Republic state secretary and eventual European envoy; Winston Churchill, then a British war reporter; and Deneys Reitz, a young Boer commando. The vivid and engaging experiences of these three men enable a more personal and nuanced story of the war to be told, and at the same time offer a fresh approach to a conflict that shaped the nation state of South Africa..
Boer Boy
Author | : Chris Schoeman |
Publsiher | : Penguin Random House South Africa |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2010-11-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN 10 | : 9781770221161 |
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Boer Boy is the touching true story of a ten-year- old farm boy’s traumatic but fascinating experiences during the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. When Charles du Preez and his father were discovered hiding in the mountains of their eastern Free State farm, they were taken prisoner by the English and transported in open coal trucks to Durban. From there they began a harrowing journey aboard the SS Aurania to the prisoner-of-war camps of Umballa and Solon in India, where Charles was the youngest inmate. Back in South Africa, Charles’s mother and siblings, apprehended while fleeing the Khakis during Lord Kitchener’s destructive ‘scorched earth’ campaign, were interned in the infamous Winburg concentration camp. Based on an account Charles wrote later in life as well as other notable oral and documentary sources, including a diary kept by Charles’s mother during the war, Boer Boy tracks the Du Preez family’s wartime experiences. It culminates in Charles and his father’s repatriation to South Africa, where the family was reunited and returned home to the ruins of their farm to start again. Enthralling, poignant and richly informative, this is a valuable addition to the history of the Anglo-Boer War..