The Second Anglo-Boer War: An Overview by Fransjohan Pretorius

Subjects: “…Second Anglo-Boer War…”
Get full text

A Century's Perspective by Ian Van der Waag

Subjects: “…Second Anglo-Boer War…”
Get full text

B. N. RECKITT: The lindley Affair. A Diary of the Boer War. by R.J. Bouch

Subjects: Get full text

DIE SLAG VAN MAJUBA 27 FEBRUARIE 1881 by W. Otto

Subjects: Get full text

Vlamgat: The story of the Mirage F1 in the South African Air Force by C.J. Jacobs

Subjects: Get full text

An Australian war correspondent in Ladysmith: The siege report of Donald Macdonald of the Melbourne Argus by Ian Van der Waag

Subjects: Get full text

Keeping the records straight: The literary afterlife of three Boer generals by Stephen R. Gray

“…They achieved fame, particularly in the English-language media and publishing circles, immediately after the Second Anglo-Boer War. Whilst their reputations in the written literature are unassailable and of recurring interest, perhaps some over-mythologising has been responsible for occasional distortions which render their superb life stories less satisfying. …”

SOUTH AFRICA AT WAR, 1912-1982 by D. Conradie

“…The end of the Second Anglo-Boer War also put an end to the commando system that had been the core of military strength in South Africa. …”
Get full text

Keeping the records straight: The literary afterlife of three Boer generals by Stephen R. Gray

“…They achieved fame, particularly in the English-language media and publishing circles, immediately after the Second Anglo-Boer War. Whilst their reputations in the written literature are unassailable and of recurring interest, perhaps some over-mythologising has been responsible for occasional distortions which render their superb life stories less satisfying. …”
Get full text

Oesterreicher im Burenkrieg 1899-1902; by C. De Jong

“…Not only in South Africa and Great Britain there is an increased interest for the second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902, but also in other countries for whom this war was far away and of limited importance. …”
Get full text

An Essay on What the Reformation could not Prevent the Identification of Church and ‘Volk’. Three Examples Reconsidered by Amie van Wyk

“…Three examples serve as proof for this statement: the attitude of the Anglican Church in England during the second Anglo-Boer War (now called the South African War)(1899-1902); the Lutheran Church in Germany during the Second World War (1939-1945) and the Reformed Churches in South Africa during the years of apartheid (1948-1994). …”
Get full text

THE ORIGINS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR, 1899-1902 by C.J. Jacobs

“…Just as well, as lain Smith's book on the South African War or Second Anglo-Boer War, was published in 1996, three years before the start of the centenary festivities of this war.…”
Get full text

Soul-brother Eugène N. Marais: Some notes towards a re-edit of his works by Stephen Gray

“…Marais’s output as a poet and short story writer, as well as the pioneer populariser of nature studies conducted particularly in the Transvaal Highveld after the Second Anglo-Boer War, in both official languages of his day (English and Afrikaans), have ensured him the status of a unique cultural icon. …”
Get full text

DIE SLAG VAN DOORNKRAAL by C.J. Nöthling

“…Contrary to the premise that military historians tend to regard the Battle of Doornkraal as a minor skirmish of the Second Anglo-Boer War, this article expounds the view that the outcome of this brief but violent encounter had far-reaching implications. …”
Get full text

NET TREFFERS TEL by W. Otto

“…Yet a comparison of ammunition expenditure and casualty lists in the Second Anglo-Boer War surely give pause for thought and there seems ample evidence to bring the truth of the sharpshooting tradition into question.…”
Get full text

God, vertroue en twyfel: Die vroue in die konsentrasiekampe tydens die Anglo-Boereoorlog by Ignatius W.C. Van Wyk

“…God, trust and doubt: The women in the concentration camps of the Anglo-Boer or South African War.Many books and articles have been written on the religious concept of the Afrikaner women who suffered in and survived the concentration camps during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902) in South Africa. It seems as if nothing has been written, though, on their image and understanding of God. …”
Get full text