THE BOER WARS

Wars. Campaigns & Treaties

Great Flank March to Bloemfontein, 11 February-13 March 1900
Kimberley, Methuen's attempt to relieve, 21 November 1899-11 December 1899

Battles

Belmont, battle of, 23 November 1899
Colenso, battle of 15 December 1899
Driefontein, battle of, 10 March 1900
Elandslaagte, battle of, 21 October 1899
Kimberley, relief of, 11-15 February 1900
Ladysmith, siege, 2 November 1899-27 February 1900
Lombard’s Kop, battle of, 30 October 1899
Magersfontein, battle of, 11 December 1899
Modder River, battle of, 28 November 1899
Modderspruit or Rietfontein, battle of, 24 October 1899
Nicholson’s Nek, battle of, 30 October 1899
Paardeberg, battle of, 18-27 February 1900
Platrand, battle of the, 6 January 1900
Poplar Grove, battle of, 7 March 1900
Rietfontein or Modderspruit, battle of, 24 October 1899
Rooilaagte, battle of, 25 November 1899
Stormberg, battle of 10 December 1899
Talana Hill, 20 October 1899

Biographies

Byng, General Sir Julian, Viscount Byng of Vimy, 1862-1935
FitzClarence, Brigadier General Charles, VC, 1865-1914
Gough, General Sir Hubert de la Poer, 1870-1963
Smith-Dorrien, Sir Horace Lockwood, 1858-1930

Weapons, Armies & Units

Concepts

Black Week, 10-17 December 1899

Maps

Belmont, battle of, 23 November 1899
Colenso, battle of, 15 December 1899
Colenso, battle of, central details, 15 December 1899
Kimberley, Lord Methuen's relief expedition
Rietfontein, battle of, 24 October 1899
South Africa in 1899
Spion Kop and Vaal Krantz

Pictures

Buller, Sir Redvers H.
Gatacre, Major-General Sir W. F.
Methuen, Lieutenant-General Lord
Meyer, Lukas, General
Penn Symons, Major-General Sir W.
White, Lieutenant General Sir George
Wood, General Sir Henry Evelyn, V.C.
Yule, Colonel J. H.

Books

Anonymous, A Handbook of the Boer War
Evans, Martin Marix, Encyclopedia of the Boer War
Evans, Martin Marix, The Boer War
Farwell, Byron, The Great Boer War
Fremont-Barnes, Gregory, The Boer War, 1899-1902
Reitz, Deneys, Commando: A Boer Journal of the Boer War

Glossary

Kop
Kraal