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1st Battlaion Devonshire Regiment During the Boer War 1899-1902 by Col. M Jackson.

A strong, solid account of the doings of a battalion of a West Country regiment in the Boer War. The Devonshires took a leading role in the relief of Ladysmith after a lengthy siege by the Boers. They subsequently fought at Inagane and Lydenburg in Natal and South-eastern Transvaal. Their battle honours included the charge at Wagon Hill outside Ladysmith, and the night action at Elandslaagte. In his introduction, Gen. William Kitchener calls attention to the main qualities of the Devon men who served under him: their dogged devotion to duty which helped overcome the Boers stubborn resistance; their improvisation and their smart turnout in the worst of conditions. In conclusion writes Kitchener, a more determined crew I never wish to see, and a better regiment to back his orders a General can never hope to have.

Illustrated paperback with 226 pages.

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The Boer War Generals by Peter Trew

The Boer War (1899-1902) witnessed the professionals of the British Army pitted against the gifted amateurs who led the Boer commandos. For the Boers, it was a struggle for their independence; for Britain, an attempt once and for all to assert her political supremacy in South Africa. While sheer weight of numbers and ruthless tactics eventually secured a British military victory, the extraordinary Boer effort won respect worldwide.

the Boer War Generals is an in-depth study of the principal commanders on both sides, in a conflict that was both 'the last of the gentlemen's wars' and the first modern one. The three British Commanders-in-Chief were established regular soldiers who stood high in public esteem when they went to South Africa. For Roberts, the war was a final triumph, albeit somewhat tainted when it dragged on for another year and a half after his departure; for Kitchener, it was a tedious and exhausting interlude which delayed his appointment as Commander-in-Chief in India; and for Buller, the graveyard of his reputation.

Book serial number BS4.  Price £19.99. 

Hard back with 274 pages including illustrations and maps. 

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The Great Boer War by Byron Farwell.

Mafeking, Colenso, Ladysmith and Spion Kop, battles won by the Boers against the might of the British Empire, still have a resonance a century on. The Great Boer War (1899-1902) pitted a sturdy, stubborn, hardy pioneer people against the arrogant self-confidence of Britain at the height of her power. It produced in almost equal measure extraordinary feats of personal heroism, unbelievable examples of folly and stupidity, and many incidents of humour and tragedy. It was the last romantic war.

Byron Farwells definitive account of this dramatic conflict explains the origin of the war, and covers the political developments, the bloody battles that the outnumbered Boers almost always won, the sieges, the concentration camps and the men - Kruger, Roberts, Botha, Buller, Smuts, Kitchener and de Wet.

Illustrated paperback with 495 pages.

Book serial number W35. Price £7.99.

The Boer War by Tabitha Jackson

The Boer War (1899-1902) shaped the destiny of South Africa and, as Rudyard Kipling remarked, taught the mighty British Empire 'no end of a lesson'. It was said to be the 'last of the Gentleman's wars', a 'white man's war' it would be over by Christmas. It wasa none of these things. The Boer War was brutal, racially explosive, and it took the greatest empire in the world nearly three years to beat a Boer army smaller than the population of Brighton.

The Boer War catapulted the world into the twentieth century, prefigring the worst excesses of modern conflicts: the indiscriminate bombing of civilians, scorched earth, rape, concentration camps. It was also a civil war, dividing families, communities, and races.

Startling new material reveals the involvement of blacks on both sides - fighting at the front and dying in a network of black-only concentration camps. Black support and participation were rewarded with broken promises and betrayal; the peace settlement endorsed white supremacy in South Africa.

The combination of new research, powerful oral testimony, and a wealth of recently discovered letters and diaries makes The Boer War, and the Channel 4 series made by Twenty Twenty Television that it accompanies, an important reassessment. Illustrated throughout with many previously unseen photographs, The Boer War is a unique history of a much misunderstood conflict that has cast long shadows across the century.

Book serial number BK48. Price £18.99. Hard back with 186 pages. Special price £15.99.

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The Boer War by Christopher Wilkinson-Latham & Michael Roffe

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Book price £8.99. Book serial number Osprey MA062.

Boer Wars (I) 1836-1898 by Ian Knight & G Embleton

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Book price £8.99. Book serial number Osprey MA301.