HOW GEN. WAUCHOPE DIED; Graphic Details of the Battle at Magersiontein. TRIBUTE TO THE HIGHLANDERS Morale of the Army Seriously Impaired by Recent, Defeats and the British Failure to Advance.

From "The Great Boer War." by A. Conan Doyle. A dandy soldier, always the picture of neatness from the top of his helmet to the heels of his well-polished brown boots, he brings to military ...

1899 The British under General Redvers Buller make a frontal attack in the Battle of Colenso to relieve Ladysmith. They lose more than 1 100 men to the Boers’ eight.

Sir, – I refer to Anthony Jordan’s letter (January 16th), regarding the “anniversary of the Boer War”. The centenary of the Treaty of Vereeniging on May 31st this year marks the end of the ...