Britain only had a small, though well-trained regular army. The Second Boer War lasted three years and the British needed to enlist more recruits. Many British men volunteered. During the war ...

Illus., maps, notes, biblio., index. $34.95. ISBN: 0806142898. Noted British historian Spencer Jones takes a look at how disaster in the field during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) transformed ...

The Second Boer War began in 1899 in the south of Africa. It was fought between the two Boer Republics and the British Empire. The Second Boer War lasted three years and the British needed to ...