Fully illustrated throughout with contemporary maps, photographs, charts and prints, this authoritative military history of the Second Boer War was written by C

Victorious in its previous campaigns in Africa against native armies, Britain now confronted an altogether different foe. The Boers proved to be formidable oppo

"In the Boer war both governments began with bluff, but they couldn't stay there; the military tension was too much for them" ―William James - A Classic Book!

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 publi