Howard C Hillegas
Methuen & Co, 1900

Contents

1. The way of the Boer Country
2. From farm to battlefield
3. Composition of the Army
4. The Army organisation
5. The Boer military system
6. The Boers in battle
7. The Generals of the war
8. The War Presidents
9. Foreigners in the war
10. Boer women in the war
11. Incidents in the war
12. The strength of the Boer Army

Illustrations

The author and a Basuto pony which assisted in the field at Sannaspost
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Call for volunteers to man captured cannon after Sannaspost
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Commandant General Christian H de Wet
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Battlefield at Colenso, 15 Dec 1899
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First British prisoners of war captured near Dundee
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Battlefield of Elandslaagte
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Electing a Field Cornet
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General Grobler
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Colonel John E Blake of the Irish Brigade
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General John de la Rey
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Krijgsraad, near Thaba N'chu
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President Kruger addressing American volunteers
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General Lucas J Meyer
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Mrs Otto Krantz, a Boer Amazon
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Mrs General Lucas K Meyer
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General Peter de Wet
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Boers reading message from British officers after the battle of Dundee
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Plan of the battlefield of Sannaspost
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General Hendrik Snyman
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Spion Kop, where Boers charged up the hillside
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Village and mountain of Thaba N'chu
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Boers watching the fight at Dundee
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Commandant General Louis Botha
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