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 ...

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2012. Pp. xviii, 290. Illus., maps, notes, biblio., index. $34.95. ISBN: 0806142898. Noted British historian Spencer Jones takes a look at how disaster in the ...

At the turn of the 20 th century, the Boer War held all the promise of noble and heroic adventure for thousands of young Canadian men. And for the nation it was an opportunity to show the world ...

John Norris looks at a mainstay of the British Army in WWI; the 18-Pounder field gun ...

As far back as the Second Boer War of 1899-1902 ... a dozen companies were commissioned to produce watches for the British military. These companies included Jaeger-LeCoultre, Longines and ...

NAGPUR: When Boers in South Africa were at war with the British and ... siege and end to Boer hostilities in the South ...

The Second Boer War lasted three years and the British needed to enlist more recruits. Many British men volunteered. During the war, the British army experienced great difficulty in finding fit ...