From 1899 to 1902 a war between Farmers, commonly known as Boers, and soldiers of the British Empire waged over South Africa. The British (also known as the Kaki’s) fought unsuccessfully against the ...

The opinions of several members of the Faculty on the war between Great Britain and the Boers follow: Assistant Professor A. C. Coolidge says: "I believe that the Uitlanders have had many causes of ...

“Three days after the attack on the armored train, Churchill arrived in Pretoria, the Boer capital, with the other British prisoners of war. Surrounded by curious Boers eager to see the new prisoners, ...

The South African War (also known as the Anglo-Boer War) of 1899-1902 between Britain and the two Boer Republics of[...] ...

“I have faith in my star,” a young Winston Churchill wrote to his mother in 1897, “that I am intended to do something in the world.” He had only just arrived in India as part of the British effort to ...

A short article from South African History Online about the role of black soldiers and workers in the second Boer war. The South African War of 1899-1902 was essentially a 'White mans' war, fought to ...

Several events in my life, beginning in 1967, inspired me to follow developments thereafter which in turn relate to recent international stories. This column is a bit of a retrospective on what I ...

A regiment of British troopers moves forward in "battle" during the 10th annual Grand Victorian Tactical weekend in Ringwood State Park on July 24. This living history event transformed the grounds of ...

IN South Africa we have two great problems of a racial nature. There is the conflict between the Boer and the Briton, or if you prefer, between the Afrikaans-speaking and the English-speaking South ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

The Boer war involved three networks of concentration camps. Boer (white) camps with women and… Women & Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902 The Boer war involved ...