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Anglo Boer War 1899 To 1902
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The Anglo Boer War 1899 To 1902 contains information collected by author Heather Vallance while writing Golden Nemesis: Manifest Destiny Between 1880 and 1900, An Unconventional Soldier and The Tumbleweed Wars
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Slash And Burn Policy
The following comes from the oral testimony of Carolus Trichardt, signed in October 1960, and housed at the National Archives of South Africa, Pretoria. It was at Ermelo. The English cornered about 1 000 sheep. They shot the ones on the outside and...
Women In the War
This is a translation of Carolus Trichardt’s oral testimony signed and dated October 1960 which is housed at the National Archives of South Africa, Pretoria. It was a bitterly cold winter near to Belfast. The English officer sent a train load o...
The Battle of Houtbos
Translated from the oral testimony of Carolus Trichardt housed at the National Archives of South Africa, Pretoria. The English had a fort at Houtbos between Lydenburg and Belfast which we decided to attack. General Muller was in command. I had to att...
Hansie van der Walt
Oral testimony from Carolus Trichardt signed and dated October 1960. Originals housed at the National Archives of South Africa, Pretoria. In my commando near to Middelburg there were a pair of Viljoens - the one was a lieutenant. Their mother and the...
The Story Of ‘Young’ Botha
The following is a translation of an oral testimony by Trichardt signed and dated October 18, 1960. This snippet is one of many lodged at the National Archives of South Africa, Pretoria. I was appointed captain of General Louis Botha’s scouts a...
The Irony Of War
Eugene Marais told British friends in Johannesburg in 1895, if you stand against my people I will side with them against you because they are my people. Marais never did fight in the war because he was in England at the time, but many Boers who fough...
Personal Accounts Of The War
THIS POST WILL BE UPDATED Stevens, G. W. 1900. From Cape Town To Ladysmith. Todd, P. 1980. Private Tucker’s Boer War Diary. London: Elm Tree Books. Human Sciences Research Council. 1974. Diary Of A National Scout. P.J. du Toit. 1900-1902. ...
Guerilla Potgieter
The following was copied from an accession held at the National Archives of South Africa, Pretoria. I do not have the time to translate this into English, however, if anyone would like to translate it I will post the translation with full acknowledge...
