This week we’ll hear about the start of the war in October 1899 and hear about the structure of both the British and Boer armies.  We’ll also find out just how unprepared the British were for this conflict and learn a little about how mobile the Boers really were in this first war of the modern era.

This week we’ll hear about the start of the war in October 1899 and hear about the structure of both the British and Boer armies. We’ll also find out just how unprepared the British were for this conflict and learn a little about how mobile the Boers really were in this first war of the modern era.

Episode 3 - Troops on the move and its war

The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 saw the British Empire at the height of its power facing a small band of highly mobile Boers in South Africa.  The war introduced the world to the concentration camp and is regarded as the first war of the modern era where magazine rifles, trenches and machine guns were deployed extensively.  British losses topped 28 000 in a conflict that was supposed to take a few weeks but lasted three years.

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The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 saw the British Empire at the height of its power facing a small band of highly mobile Boers in South Africa. The war introduced the world to the concentration camp and is regarded as the first war of the modern era where magazine rifles, trenches and machine guns were deployed extensively. British losses topped 28 000 in a conflict that was supposed to take a few weeks but lasted three years.

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