Anglo-Boer War

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  1. __________ BOER WAR SERVICES OF MILITARY OFFICERS, of the British and colonial armies, imperial yeomanry, mounted infantry, local units & cc 1899-1902 including earlier services, 479pp., hardback, London, 1998. R1400
  2. [Allen (V.) & van Niekerk (F.) eds.] EXPERIENCES OF A SIEGE, a diary of the Siege of Kimberley, 21 September 1899 to 16 February 1900, 180pp., 4to., illus., map, hardback, d.w., Kimberley, 2000. R270
  3. This is the diary of Frederica Moffat (born in Scotland in 1864) who arrived in Kimberley in 1899.

  4. Bagshawe (P.) PASSION FOR FLIGHT, braving the hazards of aviation in war and peace, 180pp., 4to., illus., maps, paperback, Nelspruit, 2000. R125
  5. Boshoff (J.) FOREIGNERS FIGHTING ON THE SIDE OF THE BOERS DURING THE ANGLO-BOER WAR, (1899-1902), 24pp., paperback, Utrecht, 1999. R40
  6. Also available in Afrikaans.

  7. Breytenbach (J.) GESKIEDENIS VAN DIE TWEEDE VRYHEIDSOORLOG 1899-1902, Deel V: Die Britse Opmars Tot In Pretoria, 587pp., illus., maps, hardback, Reprint, Pretoria, (1983) 2000. R495
  8. Changuion (L.) SILENCE OF THE GUNS, the history of the Long Toms of the Anglo-Boer war, 188pp., oblong 4to., illus., maps, hardback, d.w., Pretoria, 2001. R180
  9. Cleaver (R.) & de Fenton (M.) THE WAR LETTERS OF AN ENGLISH BURGHER, original preface by Manfred Nathan, introduction by Stephen Gray, 204pp., illus., map, hardback, Reprint, Pretoria, (1913) 2000. R100
  10. Originally published as "A Young South African, a memoir of Ferrar Reginald Mostyn Cleaver, advocate and veldcornet" edited by his mother.

  11. Cloete (P.) THE ANGLO-BOER WAR, a chronology, 351pp., 4to., illus., maps, hardback, Pretoria, 2000. R170
  12. de Villebois-Mareuil (G.) OORLOGSDAGBOEK VAN VEGGENERAAL DE VILLEBOIS-MAREUIL, vertaal deur Johann Rossouw & D.P.M. Botes, 170pp., illus., maps, hardback, Pretoria, 2000. R90
  13. de Vries (G.) & Hall (J.) THE MUZZLE LOADING CANNON OF SOUTH AFRICA, a technical study, 148pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2001. R180
  14. Gibbs (P.) & Phillips (H.) THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA POLICE 1889-1980, Volume One: "The First Line of Defence" 1903-1903, Volume Two: "The Right of the Line" 1903-1939, Volume Three: "The End of the Line" 1939-1980, 3 volumes in one, 423pp., b/w & colour illus., maps, hardback, d.w., Pretoria, 2000. R285
  15. Volume 1 was first published in 1972, volume 2 was first published in 1974. Vol. 1 & 2 have been abridged and updated.

  16. [Holmes (R.) & Pimlott (J.) eds.] THE HUTCHINSON ATLAS OF BATTLE PLANS, before and after, 237pp., maps, hardback, d.w., Oxford, 1998. R450
  17. Includes a chapter on the battle of Isandlwana.

  18. Jones (A.) THE BOER ARMY 1899-1902, a military handbook, the organisation, experiences and methods of the Boer army, 90pp., 4to., map, paperback, London, 2000. R165
  19. Jowett (P.) THE ITALIAN ARMY 1940-45, Vol. 2: Africa 1940-43, 48pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Oxford, 2001. R131
  20. Linder (A.) THE SWISS REGIMENT MEURON AT THE CAPE AND AFTERWARDS, 1781-1816, 145pp., illus., maps, paperback, Cape Town, 2001. R70
  21. [Lowry (D.) ed.] THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR REAPPRAISED, 258pp., paperback, Reprint, Manchester, (2000) 2000. R250
  22. Lunderstedt (S.) FROM BELMONT TO BLOEMFONTEIN, the Western campaign of the Anglo-Boer War, February 1899 to April 1900, 72pp., 4to., illus., maps, paperback, Kimberley, 2000. R100
  23. Malan (S.) DIE BETROKKENHEID VAN MALANS BY DIE TWEEDE VRYHEIDSOORLOG, 208pp., 4to., paperback, Port Elizabeth, 1999. R95
  24. Meijer (J.) GENERAAL BEN VILJOEN, 1868-1917, 294pp., illus., maps, hardback, Pretoria, 2000. R180
  25. Nicolle (D.) THE ITALIAN INVASION OF ABYSSINIA 1935-36, 48pp., b/w & colour illus., map, paperback, Reprint, Oxford, (1997) 2000. R131
  26. Palmer (A.) THE BOER WAR CASUALTY ROLL 1899-1902, 793pp., 4to., paperback, Perth, 1999. R1400
  27. Parsons (T.) THE AFRICAN RANK-AND-FILE, social implications of colonial military service in the King's African Rifles, 1902-1964, 302pp., illus., maps, paperback, Oxford, etc., 1999. R265
  28. [Pieters (E.) comp.] NOT ONLY A WHITE MAN'S WAR, black and Indian involvement in the Anglo-Boer war, 44pp., illus., paperback, Voortrekker Museum Series No. 1, Durban, 1999. R50
  29. Raath (A.) THE BRITISH CONCENTRATION CAMPS OF THE ANGLO-BOER WAR 1899-1902, reports on the camps, 229pp., paperback, Bloemfontein, 1999. R90
  30. [Richards (M.) comp.] INTO THE MILLENNIUM ANGLO-BOER WAR CENTENARY DIARY, today and 100 years ago, October 1899 - December 1900, October 1999 - December 2000, focus on Ladysmith: 'The Eye of the War' and Natal: 'The Most Crucial Front', 164pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 1999. R125
  31. Rooney (D.) MILITARY MAVERICKS, extraordinary men of battle, 251pp., illus., maps, hardback, d.w., London, 1999. R257
  32. Includes a chapter on Shaka Zulu and von Lettow-Vorbeck & Smuts in East Africa.

  33. Salt (B.) A PRIDE OF EAGLES, the definitive history of the Rhodesian Air Force 1920-1980, 1002pp., 4to., illus., maps, hardback, Johannesburg, 2001. R395
  34. Scholtz (G.) IN DOODSGEVAAR, die ervarings van kapt. J.J. Naudé tydens die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog 1899-1902, 190pp., illus., hardback, Third edition, Pretoria, (1904) 2001. R90
  35. Originally published as J.J. Naudé: "In doodsgevaar, gevolgd door, De Dood trotseren (deur "een Transvaalse dame")" in 1904 and as G.Scholtz: "In doodsgevaar: Die oorlogservarings van Kapt. J.J. Naude" in 1940.

  36. __________ THE ANGLO-BOER WAR, 1899-1902, 130pp., illus., maps, hardback, Pretoria, 2000. R90
  37. Originally published in 1960 as "Die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog 1899-1902".

  38. Shearing (T. & D.) GENERAL SMUTS, and his long ride, 248pp., illus., maps, paperback, Knysna, 2000. R180
  39. [Smith (I.) ed.] THE SIEGE OF MAFEKING, two volumes, 264 + 304pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., maps, hardback, d.w., Brenthurst Press Third Series No. 3 & 4, Johannesburg, 2001. R1950
  40. Contributors includes Iain R.Smith, Fransjohan Pretorius, Thomas Pakenham, Tim Jeal, Elizabeth van Heyningen, Jacqueline Beaumont, Steve Lunderstedt and Christopher Saunders and Courtney B.Vyvyan.

  41. [Theron (B.) ed.] DEAR SUE, the letters of Bessie Collins from Pretoria during the Anglo-Boer war, 112pp., illus., hardback, Pretoria, 2000. R100
  42. Uys (I.) VICTORIA CROSSES OF THE ANGLO-BOER WAR, 127pp., illus., map, paperback, Knysna, 2000. R100
  43. [Venter (C.) ed.] DIE DAGBOEK VAN KRYGSGEVANGENE STEPHANUS FRANCOIS HUGO, 144pp., illus., maps, paperback, Bloemfontein, 2001. R60
  44. [Verhoef (G.) comp.] DIE ANGLO-BOEREOORLOG, herdenkingslesing aan die Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit, 1999, 135pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2000. R265
  45. Text in Afrikaans & English.

  46. Wasserman (J.) THE ESHOWE CONCENTRATION AND SURRENDERED BURGHERS CAMP DURING THE ANGLO-BOER WAR 1899-1902, 92pp., map, paperback, Durban, 1999. R75

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