| Description |
xxiii, 631 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Part One: Life On Service - A Few Vignettes 1 -- Volunteering - The Problems Of Enrolment - The Voyage To South -- Africa - Inoculations - Arrival In South Africa - Utilising Spare Time - -- Larrikinism - In A Rut - Nostalgic Moments -Joining The Provos - -- The Army Biscuit, Coffee And Jam - Impressions Of The Boer As A Soldier - The -- Weather - A Critical View Of The Boer Artillery - Observations -- Of A Medical Man - Helping The Wounded - Nursing - Escape From -- Captivity - On Patrol: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly - Rest And Recuperation -- - Executions - The End Of The Contract. -- Part Two: Life On Campaign 55 -- The Natal Theatre: The Siege Of Ladysmith -- (2nd November 1899 - 28th February 1900). -- The Western Theatre: The Drive To Kimberley 64 -- (November - December 1900). -- Belmont/Graspan/Modder River (November 1899); Magersfontein -- (11th December 1899). -- The Natal Theatre: Buller'S Setbacks 74 -- (December 1899-February 1900) -- Colenso (15th December 1900); Spion Kop (25th January 1900); -- Hussar Hill To Railway Hill (12th-24th February 1900). -- The Natal Theatre: Relief At Last 86 -- (February- March 1900) -- Pieter'S Hill And The Relief Of Ladysmith (27th-28th February 1900). -- The Western Theatre 90 -- (January-February 1900) -- Sunnyside (1stjanuary 1900); Rooipan (22ndjanuary 1900); -- Koodoesberg (7th February 1900); Klipdrift (15th February 1900); -- Kimberley Relieved (15th February 1900); Dronfield (18th February 1900); Life -- During The Siege Of Kimberley. -- The Central Front: Colesberg 113 -- (January- February 1900) -- Rensburg (2ndjanuary 1900); Slingersfontein (16th January 1900); -- West Australian Hill (9th February 1900);Jasfontein (9th February 1900); -- Pink Hill (10th - 12th February 1900). -- The Western Theatre: The Drive Towards Bloemfontein 136 -- (February- March 1900) -- Paardeberg (27th February 1900); Klip Drift (6th March 1900); -- Poplar Grove (8th March 1900); Driefontein [Abraham'S Kraal] -- (0oth March 1900); Occupation Of Bloemfontein (13th March 1900). -- The Central Front: The North Eastern Cape 151 -- (February- March 1900) -- Patrolling Near Arundel (15th - 23rd February 1900); Kuilfontein -- (23rd - 24th February 1900); Maeder'S Farm (26th February 1900); -- The Fall Of Colesberg (28th February 1900). -- The Central Front: East Of Colesberg 160 -- (February- April 1900) -- Dordrecht And Bird'S River Siding (16th And 17th February 1900); -- Labuschagne'S Nek (4th March 1900); The Advance Through The -- Southern Free State (March - April 1900). -- The Boer Offensive: Orange Free State 165 -- (March - April 1900) -- Glen Siding/Karee Kopje (29th March 1900); Sannah'S Post [Koornspruit] -- (31st March 1900); The Siege Of Wepener (9th - 24th April 1900); -- The Wepener Relief Column: Wepener Drift (21st April 1900); -- Thabanchu (27th April 1900). -- The March To Pretoria: In The Orange Free State 177 -- (April - May 1900) -- Karee Kloof (30th April 1900); Brandfort To Kroonstad -- (2nd - 12th May 1900); Vet River (5th May 1900); -- Vredes Verdrag - Zand River (10th May 1900). -- The North-Western Theatre 197 -- (October 1899 - May 1900) -- Rhodesia (October - November 1899); The Siege Of Mafeking -- (13th October 1899 - 17th May 1900); Relief Of Mafeking -- (13th - 17th May 1900). -- The March To Pretoria: The Natal Campaign 213 -- (May-July 1900) -- Scheeper'S Nek (20th May 1900); Botha'S Pass & Alleman'S Nek -- [Laing'S Nek] (7th - 11th June 1900). -- The March To Pretoria: In The Transvaal 217 -- (May-June 1900) -- Doornkop (Johannesburg) (28th May 1900); Elandsfontein -- (29th May 1900); Kalkheuvel (3rdjune 1900); The Fall Of Pretoria -- (6thjune 1900); Release Of Prisoners From Waterval. -- After Pretoria 237 -- (June -July 1900) -- Roodewal (7thjune 1900); Diamond Hill (11th - 12th June 1900); -- Pienaarspoort (5thjuly 1900); Rustenburg (7th & 9thjuly 1900); Uitval -- Nek (11thjuly 1900); Horne'S Nek & Hamanskraal (13th - 17thjuly 1900). -- The Guerilla War: Orange River Colony 258 -- (June - August 1900) -- The Occupation Of Lindley (27thjune 1900); Plesierfontein: On The Road -- To Bethlehem (3rd - 4thjuly 1900); Bethlehem (7thjuly 1900); -- Palmietfontein (19th July 1900); Stinkhoutboom (24th July 1900); -- Brandwater Basin [Wittebergen] (29th July 1900). -- Western Transvaal 279 -- (July- September 1900) -- Koster River (22ndjuly 1900); Elands River [Brakfontein] -- (4th - 16th August 1900); Buffel'S Hoek (16th August 1900); Ottoshoop -- (19TH - 29TH AUGUST 1900); Louw's FARM (4TH SEPTEMBER 1900); MOLOPO -- Oog (8th September 1900); Boschfontein (10th September 1900); -- Wonderfontein & Manana (11th - 12th September 1900); Death Of Hubbe -- (12th September 1900); Rietkuil (28th September 1900). -- Eastern Transvaal 319 -- (August- October 1900) -- Belfast (24th - 28th August 1900); Waterval Onder (3rd - 7th September -- 1900); The Trek To Komatipoort (14th - 24th September 1900); Kruger'S -- Post (4th October 1900); Departure Of Buller. -- Northern Transvaal 335 -- (September 1900) -- Warmbaths [Warmbad] (Ist September 1900). -- Orange River Colony 339 -- (October 1900) -- Elands Kop (1st October 1900); Witkoppies (6th - 7th October 1900). -- Western Transvaal 341 -- (October 1900) -- Kaffir Kraal (24th October 1900); Frederikstad (25th October 1900); -- Rensburg Drift (27th October 1900). -- Orange River Colony 348 -- (November 1900) -- Bothaville [Doornkraal] (5-6th November 1900). -- Eastern Transvaal 351 -- (November 1900) -- Rhenoster Kop (29th November 1900). -- Western Transvaal 360 -- (November - December 1900) -- Klipkuil [Wonderfontein] (9th November 1900); 'A' Battery In Action Near -- Vryburg (23rd - 28th November 1900); Elands Drift [Buffels Poort] -- (3rd December 1900); Nooitgedacht (13th December 1900). -- Federation - The Commonwealth Of Australia, 1901 370 -- Death Of Queen Victoria, 22nd January 1900 372 -- Eastern Cape 373 -- (February- March 1901) -- Klipplaats (6th February 1901); Hamelfontein & Grasfontein (12th & 13th -- February 1901); Wolvekuilen (14th February 1901); Philipstown, Houtkraal, -- Pampoen'S Drift, Seacow River; Operations Against Kritzinger In The -- Colesberg District (11th February To 1st March 1901): -- Stellenbosch Vallei (8th March 1901). -- Western Cape 395 -- (January- March 1901) -- Clanwilliam To Calvinia (24th January To 7th February 1901). -- Western Transvaal 402 -- (January- March 1901) -- Uitvalskop (3rd February 1901); Schweizer Reneke (10th February 1901); -- Hartebeestfontein (18th February 1901); Wildfontein (24th March 1901). -- Blockhouses And Barbed Wire 410 -- The Guerilla Campaign: Orange River Colony 412 -- (February - April 1901) -- Rietspruit (10th April 1901); Honing Spruit (11th April 1901). -- Northern Transvaal 416 -- (April 1901) -- Fall Of Pietersburg (8th April 1901); Malips River (26th April 1901). -- Eastern Transvaal 419 -- (April- May 1901) -- Commissie Drift (25th April 1901); Rhenoster Kop (7th May 1901); -- Brakpan Farm (16th May 1901); Pietersburg To Bethal (12th - 22nd -- May 1901); Viljoen Attacks Plumer'S Convoy On The Bethal-Standerton -- Road [Mooifontein] (22nd - 27th May 1901); Trichardt'S Farm Near -- Middelkraal (29th May 1901). -- Cape Colony 434 -- (April - May 1901) -- Zuurfontein (27th April 1901); Ganna Hoek Near Mortimer (9th May 1901); -- Quagga'S Hoek (12th - 13th May 1901). -- Western Transvaal 441 -- (May-June 1901) -- Korannafontein (10th May 1901). -- Orange River Colony 447 -- (June -July 1901) -- Graspan Near Reitz (6th June 1901); Vankollensfontein (21st July 1901). -- Eastern Transvaal 456 -- (June -July 1901) -- Wilmansrust (12thjune 1901); Remhoogte (23rdjune 1901); -- Middelkraal (1stjuly 1901); Elandskloof [Vlakfontein] & Laatste -- Drift (3rd- 15thjuly 1901). -- North-East Cape Revisited 470 -- (July-August 1901) -- 2nd T.I.B: Scouting For Gorringe (July- Aug 1901); Kritzinger Defeated -- And Erasmus Captured (13th - 16th August 1901). -- Western Transvaal 476 -- (July- August 1901) -- Hasler'S Australian Scouts At Leeuwfontein (28th July 1901); -- Biesjeslaagte (19th August 1901). -- Northern Natal And Zululand 481 -- (July- August 1901) -- Nondweni (28thjuly 1901). -- Eastern Transvaal 484 -- (July- August 1901) -- Eland Nek (Travanspoort) (20th August 1901); Kambuladraai (23rd August -- 1901); Hlobane (Rietvlei) (27th August 1901). -- Orange River Colony 488 -- (August - September 1901) -- Grootvalliers Farm (Grootvlei) (2nd August 1901); Combing The -- North-East Districts (2nd - 16th September 1901); Mokari Drift -- (27th September 1901). -- Western Transvaal 503 -- (September 1901) -- Operations Round Brakfontein Hill (24th - 26th September 1901); Moedwil -- (30th September 1901). -- Eastern Transvaal 510 -- (October - November 1901) -- Witnek Defile (27th October 1901); Bakenlaagte (30th October 1901); -- MATJES KOP (RooI KOP) (5TH NOVEMBER 1901); WALDRON'S SCOUTS: AMBUSH -- Near Platrand (12th November 1901); Kaalhoek [Geelhoutboom] (23rd -- November 1901); Brereton (28th November 1901). -- Eastern Cape Colony 526 -- (October - November 1901) -- Buffel'S Nek (3rd October 1901); Rietpoort (18th November 1901). -- Orange River Colony 530 -- (November - December 1901) -- Victoria Spruit (30th November 1901). -- Eastern Transvaal 533 -- (December 1901) -- Familie Hoek (Elandsberg) (6th December 1901); Trichardtsfontein, -- Near Bethal (10th December 1901); Grootvlei (16th December 1901); -- Glenfillan (23 |
| Summary |
This work brings together Australian eye-witness accounts of the Anglo-Boer War between October 1899 and May 1902. Each contribution has a wonderful story to tell and fits effectively into descriptions of the various battles and actions of the war. There was no censorship of letters in those days, which means that this is not a sanitised account of the fighting. As the war unfolds, the honest nature of the writing gives a graphic coverage of Australian actions. -- Back cover |
| Analysis |
Boer War |
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South Africa |
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Australian Army |
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History, 1801-1900 |
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History, 1901-1945 |
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Diaries |
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Letters (Correspondence) |
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Anecdotes |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
South African War, 1899-1902 -- Personal narratives, Australian.
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Australians -- South Africa -- History.
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South African War, 1899-1902 -- Participation, Australian.
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| SUBJECT |
South Africa -- History, Military.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125482
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Author |
Chamberlain, W. M. (Walter Max), editor
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Droogleever, R. W. F., editor
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| LC no. |
2005440676 |
| ISBN |
1876439025 |
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9781876439026 |
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