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This was the first of the two wars fought between the South African Boers and the British Empire.
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The Boer Wars was the name given to the South African Wars of 1880-1 and 1899-1902, that were fought between the British and the descendants of the Dutch settlers (Boers) in Africa. After the first Boer War William Gladstone granted the Boers self-government in the Transvaal.
The Boers, under the leadership of Paul Kruger, resented the colonial policy of Joseph Chamberlain and Alfred Milner which they feared would deprive the Transvaal of its independence. After receiving military equipment from Germany, the Boers had a series of successes on the borders of Cape Colony and Natal between October 1899 and January 1900. Although the Boers only had 88,000 soldiers, led by the outstanding soldiers such as Louis Botha, and Jan Smuts, the Boers were able to successfully besiege the British garrisons at Ladysmith, Mafeking and Kimberley.
Army reinforcements arrived in South Africa in 1900 and counter-offences relieved the garrisons and enabled the British to take control of the Boer capital, Pretoria, on 5th June. For the next two years groups of Boer commandos raided isolated British units in South Africa. Lord Kitchener, the Chief of Staff in South Africa, reacted to this by destroying Boer farms and moving civilians into concentration camps.
The British action in South Africa was strongly opposed by many leading Liberal politicians and most of the Independent Labour Party as an example of the worst excesses of imperialism. The Boer War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging in May 1902. The peace settlement brought to an end the Transvaal and the Orange Free State as Boer republics. However, the British granted the Boers £3 million for restocking and repairing farm lands and promised eventual self-government (granted in 1907).
The Lord Mayor of London appeared in his robes and made a speech to the crowd. I cannot remember his exact words, but they announced that after intolerable insults from an old man named Kruger, Her Majesty's government had declared war upon the South African Boers. There was terrific and tumultuous cheering. Top hats were flung up after the crowd had sung "God Save the Queen". I don't believe I joined in the cheering. Certainly I did not fling up my top hat. Brought up in the Gladstonian tradition to the Liberals, and being, anyhow, a liberal-minded youth hostile to the loud-mouthed jingoism of the time, I was not swept by enthusiasm for a war which seemed to me, as it did to others, a bit of bullying by the big old British Empire.
You hear the squeal of the things all above, the crash and pop all about, and wonder when your turn will come. Perhaps one falls quite near you, swooping irresistibly, as if the devil had kicked it. You come to watch the shells - to listen to the deafening rattle of the big guns, the shrilling whistle of the small, to guess at their pace and their direction. You see now a house smashed in, a heap of chips and rubble; now you see a splinter kicking up a fountain of clinking stone-shivers. This is a dangerous time. If you have nothing else to do, you get shells on the brain, think and talk of nothing else, and finish by going into a hole in the ground before daylight, and hiring better men than yourself to bring you down your meals.
Britain considers the war over. But the Boers have a long and proud tradition in South Africa and are not about to give up so easily. Some Boer commando units, the 'bitter-enders', escape into the vast bush country and for 2 more years continue to wage unconventional guerilla warfare by blowing up trains and ambushing British troops and garrisons. The British Army, unable to defeat the Boers using conventional tactics, adopt many of the Boer methods, and the war degenerates into a devastating and cruel struggle between British righteous might and Boer nationalist desperation. The British criss-cross the countryside with blockhouses to flush the Boers into the open; they burn farms and confiscate foodstuffs to prevent them falling into Boer hands; they pack off Boer women and children to concentration camps as 'collaborators'; they literally starve the commandos into submission. The last of the Boer commandos, left without food, clothing, ammunition or hope, surrender in May, 1902 and the war ends with the Treaty of Vereeniging
- published: 13 Dec 2007
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The Boer Wars was the name given to the South African Wars of 1880-1 and 1899-1902, that were fought between the British and the descendants of the Dutch settlers (Boers) in Africa. After the first Boer War William Gladstone granted the Boers self-government in the Transvaal.
The Boers, under the leadership of Paul Kruger, resented the colonial policy of Joseph Chamberlain and Alfred Milner which they feared would deprive the Transvaal of its independence. After receiving military equipment from Germany, the Boers had a series of successes on the borders of Cape Colony and Natal between October 1899 and January 1900. Although the Boers only had 88,000 soldiers, led by the outstanding soldiers such as Louis Botha, and Jan Smuts, the Boers were able to successfully besiege the British garrisons at Ladysmith, Mafeking and Kimberley.
Army reinforcements arrived in South Africa in 1900 and counter-offences relieved the garrisons and enabled the British to take control of the Boer capital, Pretoria, on 5th June. For the next two years groups of Boer commandos raided isolated British units in South Africa. Lord Kitchener, the Chief of Staff in South Africa, reacted to this by destroying Boer farms and moving civilians into concentration camps.
The British action in South Africa was strongly opposed by many leading Liberal politicians and most of the Independent Labour Party as an example of the worst excesses of imperialism. The Boer War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging in May 1902. The peace settlement brought to an end the Transvaal and the Orange Free State as Boer republics. However, the British granted the Boers £3 million for restocking and repairing farm lands and promised eventual self-government (granted in 1907).
The Lord Mayor of London appeared in his robes and made a speech to the crowd. I cannot remember his exact words, but they announced that after intolerable insults from an old man named Kruger, Her Majesty's government had declared war upon the South African Boers. There was terrific and tumultuous cheering. Top hats were flung up after the crowd had sung "God Save the Queen". I don't believe I joined in the cheering. Certainly I did not fling up my top hat. Brought up in the Gladstonian tradition to the Liberals, and being, anyhow, a liberal-minded youth hostile to the loud-mouthed jingoism of the time, I was not swept by enthusiasm for a war which seemed to me, as it did to others, a bit of bullying by the big old British Empire.
You hear the squeal of the things all above, the crash and pop all about, and wonder when your turn will come. Perhaps one falls quite near you, swooping irresistibly, as if the devil had kicked it. You come to watch the shells - to listen to the deafening rattle of the big guns, the shrilling whistle of the small, to guess at their pace and their direction. You see now a house smashed in, a heap of chips and rubble; now you see a splinter kicking up a fountain of clinking stone-shivers. This is a dangerous time. If you have nothing else to do, you get shells on the brain, think and talk of nothing else, and finish by going into a hole in the ground before daylight, and hiring better men than yourself to bring you down your meals.
Britain considers the war over. But the Boers have a long and proud tradition in South Africa and are not about to give up so easily. Some Boer commando units, the 'bitter-enders', escape into the vast bush country and for 2 more years continue to wage unconventional guerilla warfare by blowing up trains and ambushing British troops and garrisons. The British Army, unable to defeat the Boers using conventional tactics, adopt many of the Boer methods, and the war degenerates into a devastating and cruel struggle between British righteous might and Boer nationalist desperation. The British criss-cross the countryside with blockhouses to flush the Boers into the open; they burn farms and confiscate foodstuffs to prevent them falling into Boer hands; they pack off Boer women and children to concentration camps as 'collaborators'; they literally starve the commandos into submission. The last of the Boer commandos, left without food, clothing, ammunition or hope, surrender in May, 1902 and the war ends with the Treaty of Vereeniging
- published: 13 Dec 2007
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The First Boer War (Afrikaans: Eerste Vryheidsoorlog, literally "First Freedom War") also known as the First Anglo-Boer War or the Transvaal War, was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881.
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- published: 18 Nov 2014
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Today we cover the First Boer war that lead to the establishment of an Independent Transvaal.
- published: 22 Dec 2015
- views: 104
The Boar War has been a Challenge to find in a HiDef format. This was the BEST I found and it needed much editing to make it a "smooth flowing" watch. I hope you guys like my first upload in a year. I chose this one because I'm 99% certain it's a safe upload. Having just been released from Copy-Rights prison I don't want to go back too soon.
- published: 11 Jun 2015
- views: 32477
The Boar War has been a Challenge to find in a HiDef format. This was the BEST I found and it needed much editing to make it a smooth flow watch. I hope you guys like my first upload in a year. I chose this one because I'm 99% certain it's a safe upload. Having just been released from Copy-Rights prison I don't want to go back
- published: 11 Jun 2015
- views: 16556
The Boar War has been a Challenge to find in a HiDef format. This was the BEST I found and it needed much editing to make it a smooth flow watch. I hope you guys like my first upload in a year. I chose this one because I'm 99% certain it's a safe upload. Having just been released from Copy-Rights prison I don't want to go bac
- published: 11 Jun 2015
- views: 8476
Apologies for the poor sound quality. First broadcast in 1999 to mark the centenary of Boer War in South Africa, and never broadcast since as far as I am aware. Here we will see how the British Army under its inept leadership at the time invented the concept of the Concentration Camp.
Uploaded from an old VHS recording.
- published: 14 Apr 2013
- views: 232743
Apologies for the poor sound quality. First broadcast in 1999 to mark the centenary of Boer War in South Africa, and never broadcast since as far as I am aware. Here we will see how the British Army under its inept leadership at the time invented the concept of the Concentration Camp.
Uploaded from an old VHS recording.
- published: 14 Apr 2013
- views: 78082
The First Boer War (Dutch: Eerste Boerenoorlog, Afrikaans: Eerste Vryheidsoorlog, literally First Freedom War) also known as the First Anglo-Boer War or the Transvaal War, was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881
The southern part of the African continent was dominated in the 19th century by a set of epic struggles to create within it a single unified state. British aggression into southern Africa was fueled by three prime factors: first, the desire to control the trade routes to India that passed around the Cape; second, the discovery in 1868 of huge mineral deposits of diamonds around Kimberley on the joint borders of the South African Republic (called the Transvaal by the British), Orange Free State and the Cape Colony, and thereafter in 1886 in the Transvaal of a major gold find, all of which offered enormous wealth and power; and thirdly the race against other European colonial powers, as part of a general colonial expansion in Africa. Other potential colonisers included Portugal, who already controlled West (modern day Angola) and East Africa (modern day Mozambique), Germany (modern day Namibia), and further north, Belgium (modern day Democratic Republic of the Congo) and France (West and Equatorial Africa, and Madagascar).
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1:22[Wars] The First Boer War: Every Day (1880-1881)
[Wars] The First Boer War: Every Day (1880-1881)[Wars] The First Boer War: Every Day (1880-1881)
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9:54South Africa: The boer war [part 1of 5]
South Africa: The boer war [part 1of 5]South Africa: The boer war [part 1of 5]
The Boer Wars was the name given to the South African Wars of 1880-1 and 1899-1902, that were fought between the British and the descendants of the Dutch settlers (Boers) in Africa. After the first Boer War William Gladstone granted the Boers self-government in the Transvaal. The Boers, under the leadership of Paul Kruger, resented the colonial policy of Joseph Chamberlain and Alfred Milner which they feared would deprive the Transvaal of its independence. After receiving military equipment from Germany, the Boers had a series of successes on the borders of Cape Colony and Natal between October 1899 and January 1900. Although the Boers only had 88,000 soldiers, led by the outstanding soldiers such as Louis Botha, and Jan Smuts, the Boers were able to successfully besiege the British garrisons at Ladysmith, Mafeking and Kimberley. Army reinforcements arrived in South Africa in 1900 and counter-offences relieved the garrisons and enabled the British to take control of the Boer capital, Pretoria, on 5th June. For the next two years groups of Boer commandos raided isolated British units in South Africa. Lord Kitchener, the Chief of Staff in South Africa, reacted to this by destroying Boer farms and moving civilians into concentration camps. The British action in South Africa was strongly opposed by many leading Liberal politicians and most of the Independent Labour Party as an example of the worst excesses of imperialism. The Boer War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging in May 1902. The peace settlement brought to an end the Transvaal and the Orange Free State as Boer republics. However, the British granted the Boers £3 million for restocking and repairing farm lands and promised eventual self-government (granted in 1907). The Lord Mayor of London appeared in his robes and made a speech to the crowd. I cannot remember his exact words, but they announced that after intolerable insults from an old man named Kruger, Her Majesty's government had declared war upon the South African Boers. There was terrific and tumultuous cheering. Top hats were flung up after the crowd had sung "God Save the Queen". I don't believe I joined in the cheering. Certainly I did not fling up my top hat. Brought up in the Gladstonian tradition to the Liberals, and being, anyhow, a liberal-minded youth hostile to the loud-mouthed jingoism of the time, I was not swept by enthusiasm for a war which seemed to me, as it did to others, a bit of bullying by the big old British Empire. You hear the squeal of the things all above, the crash and pop all about, and wonder when your turn will come. Perhaps one falls quite near you, swooping irresistibly, as if the devil had kicked it. You come to watch the shells - to listen to the deafening rattle of the big guns, the shrilling whistle of the small, to guess at their pace and their direction. You see now a house smashed in, a heap of chips and rubble; now you see a splinter kicking up a fountain of clinking stone-shivers. This is a dangerous time. If you have nothing else to do, you get shells on the brain, think and talk of nothing else, and finish by going into a hole in the ground before daylight, and hiring better men than yourself to bring you down your meals. Britain considers the war over. But the Boers have a long and proud tradition in South Africa and are not about to give up so easily. Some Boer commando units, the 'bitter-enders', escape into the vast bush country and for 2 more years continue to wage unconventional guerilla warfare by blowing up trains and ambushing British troops and garrisons. The British Army, unable to defeat the Boers using conventional tactics, adopt many of the Boer methods, and the war degenerates into a devastating and cruel struggle between British righteous might and Boer nationalist desperation. The British criss-cross the countryside with blockhouses to flush the Boers into the open; they burn farms and confiscate foodstuffs to prevent them falling into Boer hands; they pack off Boer women and children to concentration camps as 'collaborators'; they literally starve the commandos into submission. The last of the Boer commandos, left without food, clothing, ammunition or hope, surrender in May, 1902 and the war ends with the Treaty of Vereeniging -
9:57South Africa: The boer war [part 3of 5]
South Africa: The boer war [part 3of 5]South Africa: The boer war [part 3of 5]
The Boer Wars was the name given to the South African Wars of 1880-1 and 1899-1902, that were fought between the British and the descendants of the Dutch settlers (Boers) in Africa. After the first Boer War William Gladstone granted the Boers self-government in the Transvaal. The Boers, under the leadership of Paul Kruger, resented the colonial policy of Joseph Chamberlain and Alfred Milner which they feared would deprive the Transvaal of its independence. After receiving military equipment from Germany, the Boers had a series of successes on the borders of Cape Colony and Natal between October 1899 and January 1900. Although the Boers only had 88,000 soldiers, led by the outstanding soldiers such as Louis Botha, and Jan Smuts, the Boers were able to successfully besiege the British garrisons at Ladysmith, Mafeking and Kimberley. Army reinforcements arrived in South Africa in 1900 and counter-offences relieved the garrisons and enabled the British to take control of the Boer capital, Pretoria, on 5th June. For the next two years groups of Boer commandos raided isolated British units in South Africa. Lord Kitchener, the Chief of Staff in South Africa, reacted to this by destroying Boer farms and moving civilians into concentration camps. The British action in South Africa was strongly opposed by many leading Liberal politicians and most of the Independent Labour Party as an example of the worst excesses of imperialism. The Boer War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging in May 1902. The peace settlement brought to an end the Transvaal and the Orange Free State as Boer republics. However, the British granted the Boers £3 million for restocking and repairing farm lands and promised eventual self-government (granted in 1907). The Lord Mayor of London appeared in his robes and made a speech to the crowd. I cannot remember his exact words, but they announced that after intolerable insults from an old man named Kruger, Her Majesty's government had declared war upon the South African Boers. There was terrific and tumultuous cheering. Top hats were flung up after the crowd had sung "God Save the Queen". I don't believe I joined in the cheering. Certainly I did not fling up my top hat. Brought up in the Gladstonian tradition to the Liberals, and being, anyhow, a liberal-minded youth hostile to the loud-mouthed jingoism of the time, I was not swept by enthusiasm for a war which seemed to me, as it did to others, a bit of bullying by the big old British Empire. You hear the squeal of the things all above, the crash and pop all about, and wonder when your turn will come. Perhaps one falls quite near you, swooping irresistibly, as if the devil had kicked it. You come to watch the shells - to listen to the deafening rattle of the big guns, the shrilling whistle of the small, to guess at their pace and their direction. You see now a house smashed in, a heap of chips and rubble; now you see a splinter kicking up a fountain of clinking stone-shivers. This is a dangerous time. If you have nothing else to do, you get shells on the brain, think and talk of nothing else, and finish by going into a hole in the ground before daylight, and hiring better men than yourself to bring you down your meals. Britain considers the war over. But the Boers have a long and proud tradition in South Africa and are not about to give up so easily. Some Boer commando units, the 'bitter-enders', escape into the vast bush country and for 2 more years continue to wage unconventional guerilla warfare by blowing up trains and ambushing British troops and garrisons. The British Army, unable to defeat the Boers using conventional tactics, adopt many of the Boer methods, and the war degenerates into a devastating and cruel struggle between British righteous might and Boer nationalist desperation. The British criss-cross the countryside with blockhouses to flush the Boers into the open; they burn farms and confiscate foodstuffs to prevent them falling into Boer hands; they pack off Boer women and children to concentration camps as 'collaborators'; they literally starve the commandos into submission. The last of the Boer commandos, left without food, clothing, ammunition or hope, surrender in May, 1902 and the war ends with the Treaty of Vereeniging -
28:24First Boer War
First Boer WarFirst Boer War
The First Boer War (Afrikaans: Eerste Vryheidsoorlog, literally "First Freedom War") also known as the First Anglo-Boer War or the Transvaal War, was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881. This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image source in video -
1:41[Wars] The First Boer War(1880-1881)
[Wars] The First Boer War(1880-1881)[Wars] The First Boer War(1880-1881)
Today we cover the First Boer war that lead to the establishment of an Independent Transvaal. -
46:04Boer War Part 1
Boer War Part 1Boer War Part 1
The Boar War has been a Challenge to find in a HiDef format. This was the BEST I found and it needed much editing to make it a "smooth flowing" watch. I hope you guys like my first upload in a year. I chose this one because I'm 99% certain it's a safe upload. Having just been released from Copy-Rights prison I don't want to go back too soon. -
49:09Boer War Part 2
Boer War Part 2Boer War Part 2
The Boar War has been a Challenge to find in a HiDef format. This was the BEST I found and it needed much editing to make it a smooth flow watch. I hope you guys like my first upload in a year. I chose this one because I'm 99% certain it's a safe upload. Having just been released from Copy-Rights prison I don't want to go back -
49:56Boer War Part 3
Boer War Part 3Boer War Part 3
The Boar War has been a Challenge to find in a HiDef format. This was the BEST I found and it needed much editing to make it a smooth flow watch. I hope you guys like my first upload in a year. I chose this one because I'm 99% certain it's a safe upload. Having just been released from Copy-Rights prison I don't want to go bac -
2:06First Anglo Boer War
First Anglo Boer WarFirst Anglo Boer War
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47:51The Boer War 1899 - 1902: Part 1 of 4
The Boer War 1899 - 1902: Part 1 of 4The Boer War 1899 - 1902: Part 1 of 4
Apologies for the poor sound quality. First broadcast in 1999 to mark the centenary of Boer War in South Africa, and never broadcast since as far as I am aware. Here we will see how the British Army under its inept leadership at the time invented the concept of the Concentration Camp. Uploaded from an old VHS recording. -
49:45The Boer War 1899- 1902: Part 2 of 4
The Boer War 1899- 1902: Part 2 of 4The Boer War 1899- 1902: Part 2 of 4
Apologies for the poor sound quality. First broadcast in 1999 to mark the centenary of Boer War in South Africa, and never broadcast since as far as I am aware. Here we will see how the British Army under its inept leadership at the time invented the concept of the Concentration Camp. Uploaded from an old VHS recording. -
49:44The Boer War 1899- 1902: Part 3 of 4
The Boer War 1899- 1902: Part 3 of 4The Boer War 1899- 1902: Part 3 of 4
Apologies for the poor sound quality. First broadcast in 1999 to mark the centenary of Boer War in South Africa, and never broadcast since as far as I am aware. Here we will see how the British Army under its inept leadership at the time invented the concept of the Concentration Camp. Uploaded from an old VHS recording. -
48:54The Boer War 1899- 1902: Part 4 of 4
The Boer War 1899- 1902: Part 4 of 4The Boer War 1899- 1902: Part 4 of 4
Apologies for the poor sound quality. First broadcast in 1999 to mark the centenary of Boer War in South Africa, and never broadcast since as far as I am aware. Here we will see how the British Army under its inept leadership at the time invented the concept of the Concentration Camp. Uploaded from an old VHS recording.
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[Wars] The First Boer War: Every Day (1880-1881)
This was the first of the two wars fought between the South African Boers and the British Empire. -
South Africa: The boer war [part 1of 5]
The Boer Wars was the name given to the South African Wars of 1880-1 and 1899-1902, that were fought between the British and the descendants of the Dutch settlers (Boers) in Africa. After the first Boer War William Gladstone granted the Boers self-government in the Transvaal. The Boers, under the leadership of Paul Kruger, resented the colonial policy of Joseph Chamberlain and Alfred Milner which they feared would deprive the Transvaal of its independence. After receiving military equipment from Germany, the Boers had a series of successes on the borders of Cape Colony and Natal between October 1899 and January 1900. Although the Boers only had 88,000 soldiers, led by the outstanding soldiers such as Louis Botha, and Jan Smuts, the Boers were able to successfully besiege the British ga... -
South Africa: The boer war [part 3of 5]
The Boer Wars was the name given to the South African Wars of 1880-1 and 1899-1902, that were fought between the British and the descendants of the Dutch settlers (Boers) in Africa. After the first Boer War William Gladstone granted the Boers self-government in the Transvaal. The Boers, under the leadership of Paul Kruger, resented the colonial policy of Joseph Chamberlain and Alfred Milner which they feared would deprive the Transvaal of its independence. After receiving military equipment from Germany, the Boers had a series of successes on the borders of Cape Colony and Natal between October 1899 and January 1900. Although the Boers only had 88,000 soldiers, led by the outstanding soldiers such as Louis Botha, and Jan Smuts, the Boers were able to successfully besiege the British ga... -
First Boer War
The First Boer War (Afrikaans: Eerste Vryheidsoorlog, literally "First Freedom War") also known as the First Anglo-Boer War or the Transvaal War, was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881. This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image source in video -
[Wars] The First Boer War(1880-1881)
Today we cover the First Boer war that lead to the establishment of an Independent Transvaal. -
Boer War Part 1
The Boar War has been a Challenge to find in a HiDef format. This was the BEST I found and it needed much editing to make it a "smooth flowing" watch. I hope you guys like my first upload in a year. I chose this one because I'm 99% certain it's a safe upload. Having just been released from Copy-Rights prison I don't want to go back too soon. -
Boer War Part 2
The Boar War has been a Challenge to find in a HiDef format. This was the BEST I found and it needed much editing to make it a smooth flow watch. I hope you guys like my first upload in a year. I chose this one because I'm 99% certain it's a safe upload. Having just been released from Copy-Rights prison I don't want to go back -
Boer War Part 3
The Boar War has been a Challenge to find in a HiDef format. This was the BEST I found and it needed much editing to make it a smooth flow watch. I hope you guys like my first upload in a year. I chose this one because I'm 99% certain it's a safe upload. Having just been released from Copy-Rights prison I don't want to go bac -
First Anglo Boer War
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The Boer War 1899 - 1902: Part 1 of 4
Apologies for the poor sound quality. First broadcast in 1999 to mark the centenary of Boer War in South Africa, and never broadcast since as far as I am aware. Here we will see how the British Army under its inept leadership at the time invented the concept of the Concentration Camp. Uploaded from an old VHS recording. -
The Boer War 1899- 1902: Part 2 of 4
Apologies for the poor sound quality. First broadcast in 1999 to mark the centenary of Boer War in South Africa, and never broadcast since as far as I am aware. Here we will see how the British Army under its inept leadership at the time invented the concept of the Concentration Camp. Uploaded from an old VHS recording. -
The Boer War 1899- 1902: Part 3 of 4
Apologies for the poor sound quality. First broadcast in 1999 to mark the centenary of Boer War in South Africa, and never broadcast since as far as I am aware. Here we will see how the British Army under its inept leadership at the time invented the concept of the Concentration Camp. Uploaded from an old VHS recording. -
The Boer War 1899- 1902: Part 4 of 4
Apologies for the poor sound quality. First broadcast in 1999 to mark the centenary of Boer War in South Africa, and never broadcast since as far as I am aware. Here we will see how the British Army under its inept leadership at the time invented the concept of the Concentration Camp. Uploaded from an old VHS recording. -
Battle of Majuba
The Battle of Majuba Hill (near Volksrust, South Africa) on 27 February 1881 was the main and decisive battle of the First Boer War. It was a resounding victory for the Boers. Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley occupied the summit of the hill on the night of 26–27 February 1881. His motive for occupying the hill remains unclear. The Boers believed that he may have been attempting to outflank their positions at Laing's Nek. The hill was not considered scale-able by the Boers for military purposes and thus it may have been Colley's attempt to emphasize British power and strike fear into the Boer camp. The first part of the battle The bulk of the 405 British soldiers occupying the hill were 171 men of the 58th Regiment with 141 men of the 92nd (Gordon) Highlanders, and a small naval br... -
"Scorched Earth" (Anglo-Boer War) documentary (2000, South Africa)
Classical European colonialism was not a simple white vs black story. Whites were divided and numerous "white" countries were colonies of others (including Ireland, Poland and Ukraine). Black soldiers and rulers were a major part of the imperial armies. Poverty and disenfranchisment was the lot of the majority of Western workers. And, as this video shows, Britain's largest and most brutal (the casualty rate for the conquered population was far higher than in the Algerian and Vietnamese wars) imperial war in Africa was against (white) Afrikaners. This 2000 documentary, "Scorched Earth," tells the story of the destructive policy that was used by the British military during the Anglo Boer War 1899-1902 and the human tragedy that followed as a result of the concentration camp system. A documen... -
[Wars] The Second Boer War (1899-1902): Every Day
From 1899 to 1902, a bloody war was fought in which the Boer Republics of Transvaal and the Orange Free State faced off against the mighty British Empire. FOREWORD: Tensions had been rising between Transvaal and the British Empire in the years after the First Boer War. As relations between the nations were straining to the breaking point, Transvaal sent an ultimatum to the United Kingdom which stated that Transvaal and her ally, the Orange Free State, would declare war if the demands were not followed. Unfortunately, the ultimatum expired before it reached London and the Second Boer War broke out... -
Last Man Standing Australian Boer War Anzac Light Horse Veteran
http://booksonwaraustralia.com/6-pre-world-war-one-1914 Last Man Standing Australian Boer War Anzac Veteran "Pop" Williams this was a news film clip taken in 1988 for Anzac Day of that year. Williams was 108 years old at that time. He served around one year in South Africa. Later joining the Lighthorse in the AIF first World War. Even tried to join up in the 2nd World War at age 60 years. Knew Breaker Morant. A Soldier of the old Queen! -
Boer War - Canadian Heritage Minute
This is a Heritage Minute on Canada and the Boer War. By: Andre, Max, Thomas and Austin. Script: The South African War, also known as the Boer War, was a significant event in the history of Canada. It marked Canada’s first official dispatch of troops to an overseas war. By the 1800’s, the British, Dutch and Germans had settled and claimed parts of Southern Africa. In 1852, The Boers, a mix of Dutch and German descendants, established two independent republics; the Transvaal and the Orange Free State, recognized by Great Britain. Britain had had control over the Boer Republics and between 1880-1881, Britain attempted without success to annex the Boer’s land. This was called the First Boer War. By 1899, with the discovery of large amounts of Gold and Diamonds in the area the Boers were livi... -
The Second Boer War (British South Africa) | 1899-1902
The Second Boer War http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/boer_wars_01.shtml On 11 October 1899, the second Boer War broke out after Britain rejected the Transvaal ultimatum. The ultimatum had demanded that all disputes between the two states be settled by arbitration; that British troops on the borders be withdrawn; and that troops bound for South Africa by ship should not disembark. The Orange Free State joined the Transvaal in accordance with the alliance of 1897. In the course of the war, the British Army was reinforced by volunteer contingents from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Cape Colony and Natal. Alarmed by the Jameson Raid, the governments of the Transvaal and the Free State had started arming themselves. The burghers consequently went into the second Boer War... -
BBC: The Boer War - Part 1
Watch all 5 in order of succession (1 to 5) The Boer War was by modern terms a genocide with some of the most horrific acts of barbarism against the Boer People. Concentration camps where invented by the English during the Boer War and in fact the Boers were to be histories 1st holocaust victims! The Boer War http://www.anglo-boer.co.za/offensive.html Emily Hobhouse - Angel of Mercy http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Whobhouse.htm -
Congo and Africa's World War: Crash Course World History 221
In which John Green teaches you about the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which used to be Zaire, which used to be The Belgian Congo, which used to be the Congo Free State, which used to be the region surrounding the Congo River Basin in central Africa. So the history of this place is a little convoluted. The history of Congo is central to the history of central Africa, and the Congo Wars embroiled neighboring countries like Uganda and Rwanda. John will talk you through the history of Congo and the region. You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything we're doing. Free is nice, but if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing this content. Citation 1: David... -
Warfare Through The Ages: The Boer Wars
There were two Boer wars, one ran from 16 December 1880 - 23 March 1881 and the second from 9 October 1899 - 31 May 1902 both between the British and the settlers of Dutch origin (called Boere, Afrikaners or Voortrekkers) who lived in South Africa. These wars put an end to the two independent republics that they had founded. The First Boer War 16 December 1880 - 23 March 1881 The first clash was precipitated by Sir Theophilus Shepstone who annexed the Transvaal (the South African Republic) for the British in 1877 after the Anglo-Zulu War. The Boers protested and in 1880 revolted. The Boers dressed in earthtone khaki clothes, whereas the British uniforms were bright red, a stark contrast to the African landscape, which enabled the Boers to easily snipe British troops from a distance. Afte...
Boer Wars | 3 Minute History
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[Wars] The First Boer War: Every Day (1880-1881)
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This was the first of the two wars fought between the South African Boers and the British Empire.
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South Africa: The boer war [part 1of 5]
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- Duration: 9:54
- Updated: 13 Dec 2007
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The Boer Wars was the name given to the South African Wars of 1880-1 and 1899-1902, that were fought between the British and the descendants of the Dutch settle...
The Boer Wars was the name given to the South African Wars of 1880-1 and 1899-1902, that were fought between the British and the descendants of the Dutch settlers (Boers) in Africa. After the first Boer War William Gladstone granted the Boers self-government in the Transvaal.
The Boers, under the leadership of Paul Kruger, resented the colonial policy of Joseph Chamberlain and Alfred Milner which they feared would deprive the Transvaal of its independence. After receiving military equipment from Germany, the Boers had a series of successes on the borders of Cape Colony and Natal between October 1899 and January 1900. Although the Boers only had 88,000 soldiers, led by the outstanding soldiers such as Louis Botha, and Jan Smuts, the Boers were able to successfully besiege the British garrisons at Ladysmith, Mafeking and Kimberley.
Army reinforcements arrived in South Africa in 1900 and counter-offences relieved the garrisons and enabled the British to take control of the Boer capital, Pretoria, on 5th June. For the next two years groups of Boer commandos raided isolated British units in South Africa. Lord Kitchener, the Chief of Staff in South Africa, reacted to this by destroying Boer farms and moving civilians into concentration camps.
The British action in South Africa was strongly opposed by many leading Liberal politicians and most of the Independent Labour Party as an example of the worst excesses of imperialism. The Boer War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging in May 1902. The peace settlement brought to an end the Transvaal and the Orange Free State as Boer republics. However, the British granted the Boers £3 million for restocking and repairing farm lands and promised eventual self-government (granted in 1907).
The Lord Mayor of London appeared in his robes and made a speech to the crowd. I cannot remember his exact words, but they announced that after intolerable insults from an old man named Kruger, Her Majesty's government had declared war upon the South African Boers. There was terrific and tumultuous cheering. Top hats were flung up after the crowd had sung "God Save the Queen". I don't believe I joined in the cheering. Certainly I did not fling up my top hat. Brought up in the Gladstonian tradition to the Liberals, and being, anyhow, a liberal-minded youth hostile to the loud-mouthed jingoism of the time, I was not swept by enthusiasm for a war which seemed to me, as it did to others, a bit of bullying by the big old British Empire.
You hear the squeal of the things all above, the crash and pop all about, and wonder when your turn will come. Perhaps one falls quite near you, swooping irresistibly, as if the devil had kicked it. You come to watch the shells - to listen to the deafening rattle of the big guns, the shrilling whistle of the small, to guess at their pace and their direction. You see now a house smashed in, a heap of chips and rubble; now you see a splinter kicking up a fountain of clinking stone-shivers. This is a dangerous time. If you have nothing else to do, you get shells on the brain, think and talk of nothing else, and finish by going into a hole in the ground before daylight, and hiring better men than yourself to bring you down your meals.
Britain considers the war over. But the Boers have a long and proud tradition in South Africa and are not about to give up so easily. Some Boer commando units, the 'bitter-enders', escape into the vast bush country and for 2 more years continue to wage unconventional guerilla warfare by blowing up trains and ambushing British troops and garrisons. The British Army, unable to defeat the Boers using conventional tactics, adopt many of the Boer methods, and the war degenerates into a devastating and cruel struggle between British righteous might and Boer nationalist desperation. The British criss-cross the countryside with blockhouses to flush the Boers into the open; they burn farms and confiscate foodstuffs to prevent them falling into Boer hands; they pack off Boer women and children to concentration camps as 'collaborators'; they literally starve the commandos into submission. The last of the Boer commandos, left without food, clothing, ammunition or hope, surrender in May, 1902 and the war ends with the Treaty of Vereeniging
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The Boer Wars was the name given to the South African Wars of 1880-1 and 1899-1902, that were fought between the British and the descendants of the Dutch settlers (Boers) in Africa. After the first Boer War William Gladstone granted the Boers self-government in the Transvaal.
The Boers, under the leadership of Paul Kruger, resented the colonial policy of Joseph Chamberlain and Alfred Milner which they feared would deprive the Transvaal of its independence. After receiving military equipment from Germany, the Boers had a series of successes on the borders of Cape Colony and Natal between October 1899 and January 1900. Although the Boers only had 88,000 soldiers, led by the outstanding soldiers such as Louis Botha, and Jan Smuts, the Boers were able to successfully besiege the British garrisons at Ladysmith, Mafeking and Kimberley.
Army reinforcements arrived in South Africa in 1900 and counter-offences relieved the garrisons and enabled the British to take control of the Boer capital, Pretoria, on 5th June. For the next two years groups of Boer commandos raided isolated British units in South Africa. Lord Kitchener, the Chief of Staff in South Africa, reacted to this by destroying Boer farms and moving civilians into concentration camps.
The British action in South Africa was strongly opposed by many leading Liberal politicians and most of the Independent Labour Party as an example of the worst excesses of imperialism. The Boer War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging in May 1902. The peace settlement brought to an end the Transvaal and the Orange Free State as Boer republics. However, the British granted the Boers £3 million for restocking and repairing farm lands and promised eventual self-government (granted in 1907).
The Lord Mayor of London appeared in his robes and made a speech to the crowd. I cannot remember his exact words, but they announced that after intolerable insults from an old man named Kruger, Her Majesty's government had declared war upon the South African Boers. There was terrific and tumultuous cheering. Top hats were flung up after the crowd had sung "God Save the Queen". I don't believe I joined in the cheering. Certainly I did not fling up my top hat. Brought up in the Gladstonian tradition to the Liberals, and being, anyhow, a liberal-minded youth hostile to the loud-mouthed jingoism of the time, I was not swept by enthusiasm for a war which seemed to me, as it did to others, a bit of bullying by the big old British Empire.
You hear the squeal of the things all above, the crash and pop all about, and wonder when your turn will come. Perhaps one falls quite near you, swooping irresistibly, as if the devil had kicked it. You come to watch the shells - to listen to the deafening rattle of the big guns, the shrilling whistle of the small, to guess at their pace and their direction. You see now a house smashed in, a heap of chips and rubble; now you see a splinter kicking up a fountain of clinking stone-shivers. This is a dangerous time. If you have nothing else to do, you get shells on the brain, think and talk of nothing else, and finish by going into a hole in the ground before daylight, and hiring better men than yourself to bring you down your meals.
Britain considers the war over. But the Boers have a long and proud tradition in South Africa and are not about to give up so easily. Some Boer commando units, the 'bitter-enders', escape into the vast bush country and for 2 more years continue to wage unconventional guerilla warfare by blowing up trains and ambushing British troops and garrisons. The British Army, unable to defeat the Boers using conventional tactics, adopt many of the Boer methods, and the war degenerates into a devastating and cruel struggle between British righteous might and Boer nationalist desperation. The British criss-cross the countryside with blockhouses to flush the Boers into the open; they burn farms and confiscate foodstuffs to prevent them falling into Boer hands; they pack off Boer women and children to concentration camps as 'collaborators'; they literally starve the commandos into submission. The last of the Boer commandos, left without food, clothing, ammunition or hope, surrender in May, 1902 and the war ends with the Treaty of Vereeniging
- published: 13 Dec 2007
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South Africa: The boer war [part 3of 5]
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- Duration: 9:57
- Updated: 13 Dec 2007
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The Boer Wars was the name given to the South African Wars of 1880-1 and 1899-1902, that were fought between the British and the descendants of the Dutch settle...
The Boer Wars was the name given to the South African Wars of 1880-1 and 1899-1902, that were fought between the British and the descendants of the Dutch settlers (Boers) in Africa. After the first Boer War William Gladstone granted the Boers self-government in the Transvaal.
The Boers, under the leadership of Paul Kruger, resented the colonial policy of Joseph Chamberlain and Alfred Milner which they feared would deprive the Transvaal of its independence. After receiving military equipment from Germany, the Boers had a series of successes on the borders of Cape Colony and Natal between October 1899 and January 1900. Although the Boers only had 88,000 soldiers, led by the outstanding soldiers such as Louis Botha, and Jan Smuts, the Boers were able to successfully besiege the British garrisons at Ladysmith, Mafeking and Kimberley.
Army reinforcements arrived in South Africa in 1900 and counter-offences relieved the garrisons and enabled the British to take control of the Boer capital, Pretoria, on 5th June. For the next two years groups of Boer commandos raided isolated British units in South Africa. Lord Kitchener, the Chief of Staff in South Africa, reacted to this by destroying Boer farms and moving civilians into concentration camps.
The British action in South Africa was strongly opposed by many leading Liberal politicians and most of the Independent Labour Party as an example of the worst excesses of imperialism. The Boer War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging in May 1902. The peace settlement brought to an end the Transvaal and the Orange Free State as Boer republics. However, the British granted the Boers £3 million for restocking and repairing farm lands and promised eventual self-government (granted in 1907).
The Lord Mayor of London appeared in his robes and made a speech to the crowd. I cannot remember his exact words, but they announced that after intolerable insults from an old man named Kruger, Her Majesty's government had declared war upon the South African Boers. There was terrific and tumultuous cheering. Top hats were flung up after the crowd had sung "God Save the Queen". I don't believe I joined in the cheering. Certainly I did not fling up my top hat. Brought up in the Gladstonian tradition to the Liberals, and being, anyhow, a liberal-minded youth hostile to the loud-mouthed jingoism of the time, I was not swept by enthusiasm for a war which seemed to me, as it did to others, a bit of bullying by the big old British Empire.
You hear the squeal of the things all above, the crash and pop all about, and wonder when your turn will come. Perhaps one falls quite near you, swooping irresistibly, as if the devil had kicked it. You come to watch the shells - to listen to the deafening rattle of the big guns, the shrilling whistle of the small, to guess at their pace and their direction. You see now a house smashed in, a heap of chips and rubble; now you see a splinter kicking up a fountain of clinking stone-shivers. This is a dangerous time. If you have nothing else to do, you get shells on the brain, think and talk of nothing else, and finish by going into a hole in the ground before daylight, and hiring better men than yourself to bring you down your meals.
Britain considers the war over. But the Boers have a long and proud tradition in South Africa and are not about to give up so easily. Some Boer commando units, the 'bitter-enders', escape into the vast bush country and for 2 more years continue to wage unconventional guerilla warfare by blowing up trains and ambushing British troops and garrisons. The British Army, unable to defeat the Boers using conventional tactics, adopt many of the Boer methods, and the war degenerates into a devastating and cruel struggle between British righteous might and Boer nationalist desperation. The British criss-cross the countryside with blockhouses to flush the Boers into the open; they burn farms and confiscate foodstuffs to prevent them falling into Boer hands; they pack off Boer women and children to concentration camps as 'collaborators'; they literally starve the commandos into submission. The last of the Boer commandos, left without food, clothing, ammunition or hope, surrender in May, 1902 and the war ends with the Treaty of Vereeniging
wn.com/South Africa The Boer War Part 3Of 5
The Boer Wars was the name given to the South African Wars of 1880-1 and 1899-1902, that were fought between the British and the descendants of the Dutch settlers (Boers) in Africa. After the first Boer War William Gladstone granted the Boers self-government in the Transvaal.
The Boers, under the leadership of Paul Kruger, resented the colonial policy of Joseph Chamberlain and Alfred Milner which they feared would deprive the Transvaal of its independence. After receiving military equipment from Germany, the Boers had a series of successes on the borders of Cape Colony and Natal between October 1899 and January 1900. Although the Boers only had 88,000 soldiers, led by the outstanding soldiers such as Louis Botha, and Jan Smuts, the Boers were able to successfully besiege the British garrisons at Ladysmith, Mafeking and Kimberley.
Army reinforcements arrived in South Africa in 1900 and counter-offences relieved the garrisons and enabled the British to take control of the Boer capital, Pretoria, on 5th June. For the next two years groups of Boer commandos raided isolated British units in South Africa. Lord Kitchener, the Chief of Staff in South Africa, reacted to this by destroying Boer farms and moving civilians into concentration camps.
The British action in South Africa was strongly opposed by many leading Liberal politicians and most of the Independent Labour Party as an example of the worst excesses of imperialism. The Boer War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging in May 1902. The peace settlement brought to an end the Transvaal and the Orange Free State as Boer republics. However, the British granted the Boers £3 million for restocking and repairing farm lands and promised eventual self-government (granted in 1907).
The Lord Mayor of London appeared in his robes and made a speech to the crowd. I cannot remember his exact words, but they announced that after intolerable insults from an old man named Kruger, Her Majesty's government had declared war upon the South African Boers. There was terrific and tumultuous cheering. Top hats were flung up after the crowd had sung "God Save the Queen". I don't believe I joined in the cheering. Certainly I did not fling up my top hat. Brought up in the Gladstonian tradition to the Liberals, and being, anyhow, a liberal-minded youth hostile to the loud-mouthed jingoism of the time, I was not swept by enthusiasm for a war which seemed to me, as it did to others, a bit of bullying by the big old British Empire.
You hear the squeal of the things all above, the crash and pop all about, and wonder when your turn will come. Perhaps one falls quite near you, swooping irresistibly, as if the devil had kicked it. You come to watch the shells - to listen to the deafening rattle of the big guns, the shrilling whistle of the small, to guess at their pace and their direction. You see now a house smashed in, a heap of chips and rubble; now you see a splinter kicking up a fountain of clinking stone-shivers. This is a dangerous time. If you have nothing else to do, you get shells on the brain, think and talk of nothing else, and finish by going into a hole in the ground before daylight, and hiring better men than yourself to bring you down your meals.
Britain considers the war over. But the Boers have a long and proud tradition in South Africa and are not about to give up so easily. Some Boer commando units, the 'bitter-enders', escape into the vast bush country and for 2 more years continue to wage unconventional guerilla warfare by blowing up trains and ambushing British troops and garrisons. The British Army, unable to defeat the Boers using conventional tactics, adopt many of the Boer methods, and the war degenerates into a devastating and cruel struggle between British righteous might and Boer nationalist desperation. The British criss-cross the countryside with blockhouses to flush the Boers into the open; they burn farms and confiscate foodstuffs to prevent them falling into Boer hands; they pack off Boer women and children to concentration camps as 'collaborators'; they literally starve the commandos into submission. The last of the Boer commandos, left without food, clothing, ammunition or hope, surrender in May, 1902 and the war ends with the Treaty of Vereeniging
- published: 13 Dec 2007
- views: 19781
First Boer War
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- Duration: 28:24
- Updated: 18 Nov 2014
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The First Boer War (Afrikaans: Eerste Vryheidsoorlog, literally "First Freedom War") also known as the First Anglo-Boer War or the Transvaal War, was fought fro...
The First Boer War (Afrikaans: Eerste Vryheidsoorlog, literally "First Freedom War") also known as the First Anglo-Boer War or the Transvaal War, was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881.
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The First Boer War (Afrikaans: Eerste Vryheidsoorlog, literally "First Freedom War") also known as the First Anglo-Boer War or the Transvaal War, was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881.
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- published: 18 Nov 2014
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[Wars] The First Boer War(1880-1881)
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- Duration: 1:41
- Updated: 22 Dec 2015
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Today we cover the First Boer war that lead to the establishment of an Independent Transvaal.
- published: 22 Dec 2015
- views: 104
Boer War Part 1
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- Duration: 46:04
- Updated: 11 Jun 2015
- views: 32477
The Boar War has been a Challenge to find in a HiDef format. This was the BEST I found and it needed much editing to make it a "smooth flowing" watch. I hope yo...
The Boar War has been a Challenge to find in a HiDef format. This was the BEST I found and it needed much editing to make it a "smooth flowing" watch. I hope you guys like my first upload in a year. I chose this one because I'm 99% certain it's a safe upload. Having just been released from Copy-Rights prison I don't want to go back too soon.
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The Boar War has been a Challenge to find in a HiDef format. This was the BEST I found and it needed much editing to make it a "smooth flowing" watch. I hope you guys like my first upload in a year. I chose this one because I'm 99% certain it's a safe upload. Having just been released from Copy-Rights prison I don't want to go back too soon.
- published: 11 Jun 2015
- views: 32477
Boer War Part 2
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- Duration: 49:09
- Updated: 11 Jun 2015
- views: 16556
The Boar War has been a Challenge to find in a HiDef format. This was the BEST I found and it needed much editing to make it a smooth flow watch. I hope you guy...
The Boar War has been a Challenge to find in a HiDef format. This was the BEST I found and it needed much editing to make it a smooth flow watch. I hope you guys like my first upload in a year. I chose this one because I'm 99% certain it's a safe upload. Having just been released from Copy-Rights prison I don't want to go back
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The Boar War has been a Challenge to find in a HiDef format. This was the BEST I found and it needed much editing to make it a smooth flow watch. I hope you guys like my first upload in a year. I chose this one because I'm 99% certain it's a safe upload. Having just been released from Copy-Rights prison I don't want to go back
- published: 11 Jun 2015
- views: 16556
Boer War Part 3
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- Duration: 49:56
- Updated: 11 Jun 2015
- views: 8476
The Boar War has been a Challenge to find in a HiDef format. This was the BEST I found and it needed much editing to make it a smooth flow watch. I hope you guy...
The Boar War has been a Challenge to find in a HiDef format. This was the BEST I found and it needed much editing to make it a smooth flow watch. I hope you guys like my first upload in a year. I chose this one because I'm 99% certain it's a safe upload. Having just been released from Copy-Rights prison I don't want to go bac
wn.com/Boer War Part 3
The Boar War has been a Challenge to find in a HiDef format. This was the BEST I found and it needed much editing to make it a smooth flow watch. I hope you guys like my first upload in a year. I chose this one because I'm 99% certain it's a safe upload. Having just been released from Copy-Rights prison I don't want to go bac
- published: 11 Jun 2015
- views: 8476
First Anglo Boer War
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- Duration: 2:06
- Updated: 09 Jul 2013
- views: 535
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The Boer War 1899 - 1902: Part 1 of 4
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- Duration: 47:51
- Updated: 14 Apr 2013
- views: 232743
Apologies for the poor sound quality. First broadcast in 1999 to mark the centenary of Boer War in South Africa, and never broadcast since as far as I am aware....
Apologies for the poor sound quality. First broadcast in 1999 to mark the centenary of Boer War in South Africa, and never broadcast since as far as I am aware. Here we will see how the British Army under its inept leadership at the time invented the concept of the Concentration Camp.
Uploaded from an old VHS recording.
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Apologies for the poor sound quality. First broadcast in 1999 to mark the centenary of Boer War in South Africa, and never broadcast since as far as I am aware. Here we will see how the British Army under its inept leadership at the time invented the concept of the Concentration Camp.
Uploaded from an old VHS recording.
- published: 14 Apr 2013
- views: 232743
The Boer War 1899- 1902: Part 2 of 4
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- Duration: 49:45
- Updated: 14 Apr 2013
- views: 78082
Apologies for the poor sound quality. First broadcast in 1999 to mark the centenary of Boer War in South Africa, and never broadcast since as far as I am aware....
Apologies for the poor sound quality. First broadcast in 1999 to mark the centenary of Boer War in South Africa, and never broadcast since as far as I am aware. Here we will see how the British Army under its inept leadership at the time invented the concept of the Concentration Camp.
Uploaded from an old VHS recording.
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Apologies for the poor sound quality. First broadcast in 1999 to mark the centenary of Boer War in South Africa, and never broadcast since as far as I am aware. Here we will see how the British Army under its inept leadership at the time invented the concept of the Concentration Camp.
Uploaded from an old VHS recording.
- published: 14 Apr 2013
- views: 78082
The Boer War 1899- 1902: Part 3 of 4
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- Duration: 49:44
- Updated: 15 Apr 2013
- views: 45937
Apologies for the poor sound quality. First broadcast in 1999 to mark the centenary of Boer War in South Africa, and never broadcast since as far as I am aware....
Apologies for the poor sound quality. First broadcast in 1999 to mark the centenary of Boer War in South Africa, and never broadcast since as far as I am aware. Here we will see how the British Army under its inept leadership at the time invented the concept of the Concentration Camp.
Uploaded from an old VHS recording.
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Apologies for the poor sound quality. First broadcast in 1999 to mark the centenary of Boer War in South Africa, and never broadcast since as far as I am aware. Here we will see how the British Army under its inept leadership at the time invented the concept of the Concentration Camp.
Uploaded from an old VHS recording.
- published: 15 Apr 2013
- views: 45937
The Boer War 1899- 1902: Part 4 of 4
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- Duration: 48:54
- Updated: 15 Apr 2013
- views: 43007
Apologies for the poor sound quality. First broadcast in 1999 to mark the centenary of Boer War in South Africa, and never broadcast since as far as I am aware....
Apologies for the poor sound quality. First broadcast in 1999 to mark the centenary of Boer War in South Africa, and never broadcast since as far as I am aware. Here we will see how the British Army under its inept leadership at the time invented the concept of the Concentration Camp.
Uploaded from an old VHS recording.
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Apologies for the poor sound quality. First broadcast in 1999 to mark the centenary of Boer War in South Africa, and never broadcast since as far as I am aware. Here we will see how the British Army under its inept leadership at the time invented the concept of the Concentration Camp.
Uploaded from an old VHS recording.
- published: 15 Apr 2013
- views: 43007
Battle of Majuba
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- Duration: 9:21
- Updated: 28 Nov 2015
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The Battle of Majuba Hill (near Volksrust, South Africa) on 27 February 1881 was the main and decisive battle of the First Boer War. It was a resounding victory...
The Battle of Majuba Hill (near Volksrust, South Africa) on 27 February 1881 was the main and decisive battle of the First Boer War. It was a resounding victory for the Boers. Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley occupied the summit of the hill on the night of 26–27 February 1881. His motive for occupying the hill remains unclear. The Boers believed that he may have been attempting to outflank their positions at Laing's Nek. The hill was not considered scale-able by the Boers for military purposes and thus it may have been Colley's attempt to emphasize British power and strike fear into the Boer camp.
The first part of the battle
The bulk of the 405 British soldiers occupying the hill were 171 men of the 58th Regiment with 141 men of the 92nd (Gordon) Highlanders, and a small naval brigade from HMS Dido. Besides the Gordons, most of his troops were inexperienced and their regiments had not seen action since the Crimean War. General Colley had brought no artillery up to the summit, nor did he order his men to dig in against the advice of several of his subordinates, expecting that the Boers would retreat when they saw their position on the Nek was untenable. However, the Boers quickly formed a group of storming parties, led by Nicolas Smit, from an assortment of volunteers from various commandos, totaling at least 450 men, maybe more, to attack the hill.
By daybreak at 4:30, the 92nd Highlanders covered a wide perimeter of the summit, while a handful occupied Gordon's Knoll on the right side of the summit. Oblivious to the presence of the British troops until the 92nd (Gordon) Highlanders began to yell and shake their fists, the Boers began to panic fearing an artillery attack. Three Boer storming groups of 100-200 men each began a slow advance up the hill. The groups were led by Field Cornet Stephanus Roos, Commandant D.J.K. Malan and Commandant Joachim Ferreira. The Boers, being the better marksmen, kept their enemy on the slopes at bay while groups crossed the open ground to attack Gordon's Knoll, where at 12:45 Ferreira's men opened up a tremendous fire on the exposed knoll and captured it. Colley was in his tent when he was informed of the advancing Boers but took no immediate action until after he had been warned by several subordinates of the seriousness of the attack.
Over the next hour, the Boers poured over the top of the British line and engaged the enemy at long range, refusing hand-to-hand combat action and picking off the British one by one. The Boers were able to take advantage of the scrub and long grass which covered the hill, something that the British were not trained to do. It was at this stage that British discipline began to wane and panicky troops began to desert their posts, unable to see their opponents and being given very little in the way of direction from officers. When more Boers were seen encircling the mountain, the British line collapsed and many fled pell-mell from the hill. The Gordons held their ground the longest, but once they began to rout the battle was over. The Boers were able to launch an attack which shattered the already crumbling British line.
British retreat
Amidst great confusion and with casualties amongst his men rising, Colley attempted to order a fighting retreat, but was shot and killed by Boer marksmen. The rest of the British force fled down the rear slopes of Majuba, where more were hit by the Boer marksmen, who had lined the summit in order to shoot at the retreating foe. An abortive rearguard action was staged by the 15th The King's Hussars and 60th rifles, who had marched from a support base at Mount Prospect, although this made little impact on the Boer forces. Two hundred and eighty-five Britons were killed, captured or wounded, including Captain Cornwallis Maude, son of Government Minister Cornwallis Maude, 1st Earl de Montalt.
As the British were fleeing the hill, many were picked off by the superior rifles and marksmen of the Boers. Several wounded soldiers soon found themselves surrounded by Boer soldiers and gave their accounts of what they saw. Many of them were simply farm boys armed with rifles, and it was a major blow to Britain's negotiating position to have been defeated by a group of Dutch farm boys with a hand full of older soldiers leading them.
wn.com/Battle Of Majuba
The Battle of Majuba Hill (near Volksrust, South Africa) on 27 February 1881 was the main and decisive battle of the First Boer War. It was a resounding victory for the Boers. Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley occupied the summit of the hill on the night of 26–27 February 1881. His motive for occupying the hill remains unclear. The Boers believed that he may have been attempting to outflank their positions at Laing's Nek. The hill was not considered scale-able by the Boers for military purposes and thus it may have been Colley's attempt to emphasize British power and strike fear into the Boer camp.
The first part of the battle
The bulk of the 405 British soldiers occupying the hill were 171 men of the 58th Regiment with 141 men of the 92nd (Gordon) Highlanders, and a small naval brigade from HMS Dido. Besides the Gordons, most of his troops were inexperienced and their regiments had not seen action since the Crimean War. General Colley had brought no artillery up to the summit, nor did he order his men to dig in against the advice of several of his subordinates, expecting that the Boers would retreat when they saw their position on the Nek was untenable. However, the Boers quickly formed a group of storming parties, led by Nicolas Smit, from an assortment of volunteers from various commandos, totaling at least 450 men, maybe more, to attack the hill.
By daybreak at 4:30, the 92nd Highlanders covered a wide perimeter of the summit, while a handful occupied Gordon's Knoll on the right side of the summit. Oblivious to the presence of the British troops until the 92nd (Gordon) Highlanders began to yell and shake their fists, the Boers began to panic fearing an artillery attack. Three Boer storming groups of 100-200 men each began a slow advance up the hill. The groups were led by Field Cornet Stephanus Roos, Commandant D.J.K. Malan and Commandant Joachim Ferreira. The Boers, being the better marksmen, kept their enemy on the slopes at bay while groups crossed the open ground to attack Gordon's Knoll, where at 12:45 Ferreira's men opened up a tremendous fire on the exposed knoll and captured it. Colley was in his tent when he was informed of the advancing Boers but took no immediate action until after he had been warned by several subordinates of the seriousness of the attack.
Over the next hour, the Boers poured over the top of the British line and engaged the enemy at long range, refusing hand-to-hand combat action and picking off the British one by one. The Boers were able to take advantage of the scrub and long grass which covered the hill, something that the British were not trained to do. It was at this stage that British discipline began to wane and panicky troops began to desert their posts, unable to see their opponents and being given very little in the way of direction from officers. When more Boers were seen encircling the mountain, the British line collapsed and many fled pell-mell from the hill. The Gordons held their ground the longest, but once they began to rout the battle was over. The Boers were able to launch an attack which shattered the already crumbling British line.
British retreat
Amidst great confusion and with casualties amongst his men rising, Colley attempted to order a fighting retreat, but was shot and killed by Boer marksmen. The rest of the British force fled down the rear slopes of Majuba, where more were hit by the Boer marksmen, who had lined the summit in order to shoot at the retreating foe. An abortive rearguard action was staged by the 15th The King's Hussars and 60th rifles, who had marched from a support base at Mount Prospect, although this made little impact on the Boer forces. Two hundred and eighty-five Britons were killed, captured or wounded, including Captain Cornwallis Maude, son of Government Minister Cornwallis Maude, 1st Earl de Montalt.
As the British were fleeing the hill, many were picked off by the superior rifles and marksmen of the Boers. Several wounded soldiers soon found themselves surrounded by Boer soldiers and gave their accounts of what they saw. Many of them were simply farm boys armed with rifles, and it was a major blow to Britain's negotiating position to have been defeated by a group of Dutch farm boys with a hand full of older soldiers leading them.
- published: 28 Nov 2015
- views: 439
"Scorched Earth" (Anglo-Boer War) documentary (2000, South Africa)
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- Duration: 107:22
- Updated: 07 Sep 2015
- views: 5714
Classical European colonialism was not a simple white vs black story. Whites were divided and numerous "white" countries were colonies of others (including Irel...
Classical European colonialism was not a simple white vs black story. Whites were divided and numerous "white" countries were colonies of others (including Ireland, Poland and Ukraine). Black soldiers and rulers were a major part of the imperial armies. Poverty and disenfranchisment was the lot of the majority of Western workers. And, as this video shows, Britain's largest and most brutal (the casualty rate for the conquered population was far higher than in the Algerian and Vietnamese wars) imperial war in Africa was against (white) Afrikaners. This 2000 documentary, "Scorched Earth," tells the story of the destructive policy that was used by the British military during the Anglo Boer War 1899-1902 and the human tragedy that followed as a result of the concentration camp system. A documentary which crushes all preconceived ideas about the Anglo-Boer War. The film looks from every possible angle at the tragic impact of the war on the lives of ordinary people. It focuses on Britain’s merciless “Scorched Earth” policy and the concentration camps for Afrikaner women, children and black people, as well as the way it shaped the collective South African psyche and politics of the twentieth century. Scholars from various backgrounds and with varied opinions have the opportunity to put their side of the story, and the different views are juxtaposed, resulting in fiery debate. Conversations are interspersed with numerous letters, sworn statements, official documents, snippets of film material hardly seen before, as well as lots of photographs.
wn.com/Scorched Earth (Anglo Boer War) Documentary (2000, South Africa)
Classical European colonialism was not a simple white vs black story. Whites were divided and numerous "white" countries were colonies of others (including Ireland, Poland and Ukraine). Black soldiers and rulers were a major part of the imperial armies. Poverty and disenfranchisment was the lot of the majority of Western workers. And, as this video shows, Britain's largest and most brutal (the casualty rate for the conquered population was far higher than in the Algerian and Vietnamese wars) imperial war in Africa was against (white) Afrikaners. This 2000 documentary, "Scorched Earth," tells the story of the destructive policy that was used by the British military during the Anglo Boer War 1899-1902 and the human tragedy that followed as a result of the concentration camp system. A documentary which crushes all preconceived ideas about the Anglo-Boer War. The film looks from every possible angle at the tragic impact of the war on the lives of ordinary people. It focuses on Britain’s merciless “Scorched Earth” policy and the concentration camps for Afrikaner women, children and black people, as well as the way it shaped the collective South African psyche and politics of the twentieth century. Scholars from various backgrounds and with varied opinions have the opportunity to put their side of the story, and the different views are juxtaposed, resulting in fiery debate. Conversations are interspersed with numerous letters, sworn statements, official documents, snippets of film material hardly seen before, as well as lots of photographs.
- published: 07 Sep 2015
- views: 5714
[Wars] The Second Boer War (1899-1902): Every Day
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- Duration: 2:07
- Updated: 26 Jan 2015
- views: 3868
From 1899 to 1902, a bloody war was fought in which the Boer Republics of Transvaal and the Orange Free State faced off against the mighty British Empire.
FORE...
From 1899 to 1902, a bloody war was fought in which the Boer Republics of Transvaal and the Orange Free State faced off against the mighty British Empire.
FOREWORD: Tensions had been rising between Transvaal and the British Empire in the years after the First Boer War. As relations between the nations were straining to the breaking point, Transvaal sent an ultimatum to the United Kingdom which stated that Transvaal and her ally, the Orange Free State, would declare war if the demands were not followed. Unfortunately, the ultimatum expired before it reached London and the Second Boer War broke out...
wn.com/Wars The Second Boer War (1899 1902) Every Day
From 1899 to 1902, a bloody war was fought in which the Boer Republics of Transvaal and the Orange Free State faced off against the mighty British Empire.
FOREWORD: Tensions had been rising between Transvaal and the British Empire in the years after the First Boer War. As relations between the nations were straining to the breaking point, Transvaal sent an ultimatum to the United Kingdom which stated that Transvaal and her ally, the Orange Free State, would declare war if the demands were not followed. Unfortunately, the ultimatum expired before it reached London and the Second Boer War broke out...
- published: 26 Jan 2015
- views: 3868
Last Man Standing Australian Boer War Anzac Light Horse Veteran
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- Duration: 6:07
- Updated: 05 Aug 2010
- views: 28020
http://booksonwaraustralia.com/6-pre-world-war-one-1914
Last Man Standing Australian Boer War Anzac Veteran "Pop" Williams this was a news film clip taken in 19...
http://booksonwaraustralia.com/6-pre-world-war-one-1914
Last Man Standing Australian Boer War Anzac Veteran "Pop" Williams this was a news film clip taken in 1988 for Anzac Day of that year. Williams was 108 years old at that time. He served around one year in South Africa. Later joining the Lighthorse in the AIF first World War. Even tried to join up in the 2nd World War at age 60 years. Knew Breaker Morant.
A Soldier of the old Queen!
wn.com/Last Man Standing Australian Boer War Anzac Light Horse Veteran
http://booksonwaraustralia.com/6-pre-world-war-one-1914
Last Man Standing Australian Boer War Anzac Veteran "Pop" Williams this was a news film clip taken in 1988 for Anzac Day of that year. Williams was 108 years old at that time. He served around one year in South Africa. Later joining the Lighthorse in the AIF first World War. Even tried to join up in the 2nd World War at age 60 years. Knew Breaker Morant.
A Soldier of the old Queen!
- published: 05 Aug 2010
- views: 28020
Boer War - Canadian Heritage Minute
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- Duration: 2:54
- Updated: 06 Jan 2015
- views: 770
This is a Heritage Minute on Canada and the Boer War.
By: Andre, Max, Thomas and Austin.
Script:
The South African War, also known as the Boer War, was a signif...
This is a Heritage Minute on Canada and the Boer War.
By: Andre, Max, Thomas and Austin.
Script:
The South African War, also known as the Boer War, was a significant event in the history of Canada. It marked Canada’s first official dispatch of troops to an overseas war.
By the 1800’s, the British, Dutch and Germans had settled and claimed parts of Southern Africa. In 1852, The Boers, a mix of Dutch and German descendants, established two independent republics; the Transvaal and the Orange Free State, recognized by Great Britain.
Britain had had control over the Boer Republics and between 1880-1881, Britain attempted without success to annex the Boer’s land. This was called the First Boer War. By 1899, with the discovery of large amounts of Gold and Diamonds in the area the Boers were living in, the British immigration and investment increased and the friction between the Boers and the British intensified. The British then decided to takeover the Orange Free State and the Transvaal and absorb these territories into the British Empire. This was called the Second Boer War.
Britain asked members of the British Empire for support including Canada. British Canadians supported bringing troops to South Africa to fight with Britain but most French-Canadians and recent immigrants wondered why they should fight a war all the way in South Africa. Debate over if Canada should participate in the war rose and Sir Wilfred Laurier, the current prime minister, was concerned with maintaining national stability. Sir Wilfred Laurier decided to compromise and let volunteers go and fight in the war.
Over the next three years, 7,368 Canadians and 12 female nurses went overseas to fight for the British. In the war, the British and Canadians went and ambushed the Boers, burned down their barns and sent them into concentration camps to die from disease or from starvation. After the three years of war, the Canadians returned with horrible experiences. Of the Canadians who served in South Africa, 267 were killed and are listed in the Books of Remembrance.
The Boer war was a turning point for British and Canadian relationship. The Boer War is part of our Canadian Heritage.
© 2014
wn.com/Boer War Canadian Heritage Minute
This is a Heritage Minute on Canada and the Boer War.
By: Andre, Max, Thomas and Austin.
Script:
The South African War, also known as the Boer War, was a significant event in the history of Canada. It marked Canada’s first official dispatch of troops to an overseas war.
By the 1800’s, the British, Dutch and Germans had settled and claimed parts of Southern Africa. In 1852, The Boers, a mix of Dutch and German descendants, established two independent republics; the Transvaal and the Orange Free State, recognized by Great Britain.
Britain had had control over the Boer Republics and between 1880-1881, Britain attempted without success to annex the Boer’s land. This was called the First Boer War. By 1899, with the discovery of large amounts of Gold and Diamonds in the area the Boers were living in, the British immigration and investment increased and the friction between the Boers and the British intensified. The British then decided to takeover the Orange Free State and the Transvaal and absorb these territories into the British Empire. This was called the Second Boer War.
Britain asked members of the British Empire for support including Canada. British Canadians supported bringing troops to South Africa to fight with Britain but most French-Canadians and recent immigrants wondered why they should fight a war all the way in South Africa. Debate over if Canada should participate in the war rose and Sir Wilfred Laurier, the current prime minister, was concerned with maintaining national stability. Sir Wilfred Laurier decided to compromise and let volunteers go and fight in the war.
Over the next three years, 7,368 Canadians and 12 female nurses went overseas to fight for the British. In the war, the British and Canadians went and ambushed the Boers, burned down their barns and sent them into concentration camps to die from disease or from starvation. After the three years of war, the Canadians returned with horrible experiences. Of the Canadians who served in South Africa, 267 were killed and are listed in the Books of Remembrance.
The Boer war was a turning point for British and Canadian relationship. The Boer War is part of our Canadian Heritage.
© 2014
- published: 06 Jan 2015
- views: 770
The Second Boer War (British South Africa) | 1899-1902
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- Duration: 193:18
- Updated: 09 Feb 2016
- views: 3
The Second Boer War
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/boer_wars_01.shtml
On 11 October 1899, the second Boer War broke out after Britain rejecte...
The Second Boer War
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/boer_wars_01.shtml
On 11 October 1899, the second Boer War broke out after Britain rejected the Transvaal ultimatum. The ultimatum had demanded that all disputes between the two states be settled by arbitration; that British troops on the borders be withdrawn; and that troops bound for South Africa by ship should not disembark.
The Orange Free State joined the Transvaal in accordance with the alliance of 1897. In the course of the war, the British Army was reinforced by volunteer contingents from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Cape Colony and Natal.
Alarmed by the Jameson Raid, the governments of the Transvaal and the Free State had started arming themselves. The burghers consequently went into the second Boer War with the British-made single shot .450 Martini-Henry (the Westley Richards version), which had the disadvantage that the black powder betrayed the rifleman’s position, and the German Mauser 7 mm Model 95/96/97, which had a maximum range of 2,000 yards, fired smokeless powder, and held five rounds in its magazine.
It compared favourably with the bolt-action .303 Lee-Metford which the British Army had been using since 1888, and the improved version, the Lee-Enfield, which was introduced during the second Boer War. They had a greater magazine capacity than the Mauser – ten rounds – but had to be loaded one round at a time, while the Mauser could be loaded quickly from clips.
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Ladysmith and Mafeking
The first five months of the war consisted mainly of set-piece battles. The Boers besieged Ladysmith in Natal and Kimberley and Mafeking in the Cape Colony, while the British forces strove to relieve their beleaguered garrisons in these towns – Lord Methuen in the west and General Redvers Buller in Natal.
From their camouflaged positions, the Boers scored impressive victories at Stormberg, Magersfontein and Colenso in mid-December 1899 (called 'Black Week' in Britain), and Spioenkop in January 1900.
But by late February 1900 there was a definite change in their fortunes. Kimberley and Ladysmith were relieved and Piet Cronjé surrendered at Paardeberg with 4,000 burghers. All Boer fronts collapsed.
The next six months was a period of great confusion for the Boers. Everywhere they were compelled to retreat. On 13 March 1900, Lord Roberts, the British commander in chief, occupied Bloemfontein and on 5 June 1900 he took Pretoria.
With both republican capitals in British hands, he annexed the Free State as the Orange River Colony on 24 May 1900 and the Transvaal on 1 September 1900. The relief of Mafeking on 17 May 1900 caused tumultuous joy in Britain, making the commander of the relieved garrison, Colonel Robert Baden-Powell, an instant hero throughout the British empire.
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Concentration Camps
Lord Herbert Kitchener, who succeeded Roberts in November 1900, adopted a three-fold strategy to end the war. Firstly, he continued Roberts’ 'scorched earth' policy, in which the republics were deliberately and systematically devastated to deprive the guerrillas of food and shelter.
Some towns and thousands of farmsteads were burnt or ravaged. This onslaught on Boer survival was backed up by the destruction of food supplies. Herds of livestock were wiped out and crops were burnt....
wn.com/The Second Boer War (British South Africa) | 1899 1902
The Second Boer War
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/boer_wars_01.shtml
On 11 October 1899, the second Boer War broke out after Britain rejected the Transvaal ultimatum. The ultimatum had demanded that all disputes between the two states be settled by arbitration; that British troops on the borders be withdrawn; and that troops bound for South Africa by ship should not disembark.
The Orange Free State joined the Transvaal in accordance with the alliance of 1897. In the course of the war, the British Army was reinforced by volunteer contingents from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Cape Colony and Natal.
Alarmed by the Jameson Raid, the governments of the Transvaal and the Free State had started arming themselves. The burghers consequently went into the second Boer War with the British-made single shot .450 Martini-Henry (the Westley Richards version), which had the disadvantage that the black powder betrayed the rifleman’s position, and the German Mauser 7 mm Model 95/96/97, which had a maximum range of 2,000 yards, fired smokeless powder, and held five rounds in its magazine.
It compared favourably with the bolt-action .303 Lee-Metford which the British Army had been using since 1888, and the improved version, the Lee-Enfield, which was introduced during the second Boer War. They had a greater magazine capacity than the Mauser – ten rounds – but had to be loaded one round at a time, while the Mauser could be loaded quickly from clips.
_________________________________________________________________
Ladysmith and Mafeking
The first five months of the war consisted mainly of set-piece battles. The Boers besieged Ladysmith in Natal and Kimberley and Mafeking in the Cape Colony, while the British forces strove to relieve their beleaguered garrisons in these towns – Lord Methuen in the west and General Redvers Buller in Natal.
From their camouflaged positions, the Boers scored impressive victories at Stormberg, Magersfontein and Colenso in mid-December 1899 (called 'Black Week' in Britain), and Spioenkop in January 1900.
But by late February 1900 there was a definite change in their fortunes. Kimberley and Ladysmith were relieved and Piet Cronjé surrendered at Paardeberg with 4,000 burghers. All Boer fronts collapsed.
The next six months was a period of great confusion for the Boers. Everywhere they were compelled to retreat. On 13 March 1900, Lord Roberts, the British commander in chief, occupied Bloemfontein and on 5 June 1900 he took Pretoria.
With both republican capitals in British hands, he annexed the Free State as the Orange River Colony on 24 May 1900 and the Transvaal on 1 September 1900. The relief of Mafeking on 17 May 1900 caused tumultuous joy in Britain, making the commander of the relieved garrison, Colonel Robert Baden-Powell, an instant hero throughout the British empire.
_________________________________________________________________
Concentration Camps
Lord Herbert Kitchener, who succeeded Roberts in November 1900, adopted a three-fold strategy to end the war. Firstly, he continued Roberts’ 'scorched earth' policy, in which the republics were deliberately and systematically devastated to deprive the guerrillas of food and shelter.
Some towns and thousands of farmsteads were burnt or ravaged. This onslaught on Boer survival was backed up by the destruction of food supplies. Herds of livestock were wiped out and crops were burnt....
- published: 09 Feb 2016
- views: 3
BBC: The Boer War - Part 1
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- Duration: 9:49
- Updated: 23 Jan 2007
- views: 303251
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The Boer War was by modern terms a genocide with some of the most horrific acts of barbarism against the Boer Peo...
Watch all 5 in order of succession (1 to 5)
The Boer War was by modern terms a genocide with some of the most horrific acts of barbarism against the Boer People. Concentration camps where invented by the English during the Boer War and in fact the Boers were to be histories 1st holocaust victims!
The Boer War
http://www.anglo-boer.co.za/offensive.html
Emily Hobhouse - Angel of Mercy
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Whobhouse.htm
wn.com/BBC The Boer War Part 1
Watch all 5 in order of succession (1 to 5)
The Boer War was by modern terms a genocide with some of the most horrific acts of barbarism against the Boer People. Concentration camps where invented by the English during the Boer War and in fact the Boers were to be histories 1st holocaust victims!
The Boer War
http://www.anglo-boer.co.za/offensive.html
Emily Hobhouse - Angel of Mercy
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Whobhouse.htm
- published: 23 Jan 2007
- views: 303251
Congo and Africa's World War: Crash Course World History 221
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- Duration: 12:58
- Updated: 16 Jan 2015
- views: 754956
In which John Green teaches you about the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which used to be Zaire, which used to be The Belgian Congo, which used to be the Con...
In which John Green teaches you about the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which used to be Zaire, which used to be The Belgian Congo, which used to be the Congo Free State, which used to be the region surrounding the Congo River Basin in central Africa. So the history of this place is a little convoluted. The history of Congo is central to the history of central Africa, and the Congo Wars embroiled neighboring countries like Uganda and Rwanda. John will talk you through the history of Congo and the region.
You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything we're doing. Free is nice, but if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing this content.
Citation 1: David van Reybrouck, Congo: The Epic History of a People. Trans. Sam Garrett. Harper Collins. 2014.
Citation 2: van Reybrouck. p 468
wn.com/Congo And Africa's World War Crash Course World History 221
In which John Green teaches you about the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which used to be Zaire, which used to be The Belgian Congo, which used to be the Congo Free State, which used to be the region surrounding the Congo River Basin in central Africa. So the history of this place is a little convoluted. The history of Congo is central to the history of central Africa, and the Congo Wars embroiled neighboring countries like Uganda and Rwanda. John will talk you through the history of Congo and the region.
You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything we're doing. Free is nice, but if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing this content.
Citation 1: David van Reybrouck, Congo: The Epic History of a People. Trans. Sam Garrett. Harper Collins. 2014.
Citation 2: van Reybrouck. p 468
- published: 16 Jan 2015
- views: 754956
Warfare Through The Ages: The Boer Wars
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- Duration: 3:36
- Updated: 04 Oct 2011
- views: 6886
There were two Boer wars, one ran from 16 December 1880 - 23 March 1881 and the second from 9 October 1899 - 31 May 1902 both between the British and the settle...
There were two Boer wars, one ran from 16 December 1880 - 23 March 1881 and the second from 9 October 1899 - 31 May 1902 both between the British and the settlers of Dutch origin (called Boere, Afrikaners or Voortrekkers) who lived in South Africa. These wars put an end to the two independent republics that they had founded.
The First Boer War 16 December 1880 - 23 March 1881
The first clash was precipitated by Sir Theophilus Shepstone who annexed the Transvaal (the South African Republic) for the British in 1877 after the Anglo-Zulu War. The Boers protested and in 1880 revolted. The Boers dressed in earthtone khaki clothes, whereas the British uniforms were bright red, a stark contrast to the African landscape, which enabled the Boers to easily snipe British troops from a distance. After a British force under George Pomeroy-Collery was heavily defeated at the Battle of Majuba Hill in February 1881 the British government of Gladstone gave the Boers self-government in the Transvaal under a theoretical British oversight.
The Second Boer War 9 October 1899 - 31 May 1902
There was continued pressure on the Boers, as following the discovery of gold in the Transvaal in 1885 at Witwatersrand Reef there was a rush of non-Boer settlers, uitlanders. The new settlers were poorly regarded by the Boers and in return there was pressure to remove their government. In 1896 Cecil Rhodes sponsored the ineffective coup d'etat of the Jameson Raid and the failure to gain improved rights for Britons was used as an excuse to justify a major military buildup in the Cape. There was another reason for the British intention to take control of the Boer Republics: there was at the time an attempt made by the Transvaal Republic to link up with German South West Africa, a possibility which the British, with an eye to the coming clash with the Empire of the Germans, determined to thwart. The Boers, under Paul Kruger, struck first. The Boers attacked into Cape Colony and Natal between October 1899 and January 1900. The Boers were able to successfully besiege the British garrisons in the towns of Ladysmith, Mafeking (defended by troops headed by Robert Baden-Powell) and Kimberley and inflicted three separate defeats on the British in one week, December 10 to 15, 1899. It was not until reinforcements arrived on February 14, 1900 that British troops commanded by Lord Roberts could launch counter-offences to relieve the garrisons (the relief of Mafeking on May 18, 1900 provoked riotous celebrations in England) and enabled the British to take Bloemfontein on March 13 and the Boer capital, Pretoria, on June 5. Boer units fought for two more years as guerrillas, the British, now under the command of Lord Kitchener, responded by constructing blockhouses, destroying farms and confiscating food to prevent them from falling into Boer hands and placing Boer civilians in concentration camps. The last of the Boers surrendered in May 1902 and the war ended with the Treaty of Vereeniging in the same month. 22,000 British troops had died and over 25,000 Boer civilians. The treaty ended the existence of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State as Boer republics and placed them within the British Empire. But the Boers were given £3m in compensation and were promised self-government in time (the Union of South Africa was established in 1910). The Boers referred to the two wars as the Freedom Wars.
wn.com/Warfare Through The Ages The Boer Wars
There were two Boer wars, one ran from 16 December 1880 - 23 March 1881 and the second from 9 October 1899 - 31 May 1902 both between the British and the settlers of Dutch origin (called Boere, Afrikaners or Voortrekkers) who lived in South Africa. These wars put an end to the two independent republics that they had founded.
The First Boer War 16 December 1880 - 23 March 1881
The first clash was precipitated by Sir Theophilus Shepstone who annexed the Transvaal (the South African Republic) for the British in 1877 after the Anglo-Zulu War. The Boers protested and in 1880 revolted. The Boers dressed in earthtone khaki clothes, whereas the British uniforms were bright red, a stark contrast to the African landscape, which enabled the Boers to easily snipe British troops from a distance. After a British force under George Pomeroy-Collery was heavily defeated at the Battle of Majuba Hill in February 1881 the British government of Gladstone gave the Boers self-government in the Transvaal under a theoretical British oversight.
The Second Boer War 9 October 1899 - 31 May 1902
There was continued pressure on the Boers, as following the discovery of gold in the Transvaal in 1885 at Witwatersrand Reef there was a rush of non-Boer settlers, uitlanders. The new settlers were poorly regarded by the Boers and in return there was pressure to remove their government. In 1896 Cecil Rhodes sponsored the ineffective coup d'etat of the Jameson Raid and the failure to gain improved rights for Britons was used as an excuse to justify a major military buildup in the Cape. There was another reason for the British intention to take control of the Boer Republics: there was at the time an attempt made by the Transvaal Republic to link up with German South West Africa, a possibility which the British, with an eye to the coming clash with the Empire of the Germans, determined to thwart. The Boers, under Paul Kruger, struck first. The Boers attacked into Cape Colony and Natal between October 1899 and January 1900. The Boers were able to successfully besiege the British garrisons in the towns of Ladysmith, Mafeking (defended by troops headed by Robert Baden-Powell) and Kimberley and inflicted three separate defeats on the British in one week, December 10 to 15, 1899. It was not until reinforcements arrived on February 14, 1900 that British troops commanded by Lord Roberts could launch counter-offences to relieve the garrisons (the relief of Mafeking on May 18, 1900 provoked riotous celebrations in England) and enabled the British to take Bloemfontein on March 13 and the Boer capital, Pretoria, on June 5. Boer units fought for two more years as guerrillas, the British, now under the command of Lord Kitchener, responded by constructing blockhouses, destroying farms and confiscating food to prevent them from falling into Boer hands and placing Boer civilians in concentration camps. The last of the Boers surrendered in May 1902 and the war ended with the Treaty of Vereeniging in the same month. 22,000 British troops had died and over 25,000 Boer civilians. The treaty ended the existence of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State as Boer republics and placed them within the British Empire. But the Boers were given £3m in compensation and were promised self-government in time (the Union of South Africa was established in 1910). The Boers referred to the two wars as the Freedom Wars.
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Battle Lines: Last Boer War Veteran
Old soldier George Ives was 111 years old when this sequence was filmed for the documentary series 'Instrument of War' the story of the Great Highland Bagpipe. As the last survivor of the Boer War, 1899-1902, he was truly a living link with history. More of George Ives can be seen in the new film Battle Lines: 'reflections in kilt and khaki', the sequel to 'Instrument of War' and 'When the Pipers Play', directed by Patrick King. For more information about George Ives and how to get 'Battle Lines' DVD contact the producers - highlandclassics - website. -
Britain's "Unkillable" Soldier, Adrian Carton de Wiart
Lt.-Gen. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart served as a British officer in the Boer War, the First World War, and the Second World War, survived two plane crashes, was shot in the head, face, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear, tunneled out of a prisoner-of-war camp, broke his back, and bit off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate. Born in Brussels in 1880, Adrian joined the British Army during the Boer War in South Africa in 1899. Early in the war, Adrian was wounded in the stomach and sent home. His father was furious about him leaving college, but allowed him to stay in the military. Adrian was given a commission in the Second Imperial Light Horse and soon saw further action in South Africa. When World War I began, Adrian first served in British Somaliland. In an attack upon an en... -
I Was There: The Great War Interviews - Trailer - BBC Two
Programme website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03y76xl Never before seen interview footage with soldiers & civilians from the Great War. -
Reflections on the Boer War with Captain Thornridge of the British Army
Miss Griffin interviews Captain Thornridge, late of the Boer War in South Africa, for some of his thoughts, reflections, insights, and drink. Filmed using pieces of the Royal Sussex Society's 4th Annual Grand Victorian Tactical held in 2010 at Ringwood Manor, Ringwood, NJ. This film is satire, by the by. -
The True Story of Bravo Two Zero Full Documentary
Documentary 2014, bbc documentary,bbc,national geographic,documentary,national geographic documentary,Structure,documentaries, documentary films, documentari. Andy McNab's Bravo Two Zero. This is the true story of the most highly decorated British patrol since the Boer war: an eight man SAS team inserted behind Ira. The Truth Behind Bravo Two Zero. A couple of years before the 2003 Iraq Invasion, Michael Asher (Ex-Para/23 SAS) went to Iraq to try and uncover the truth be. This is a documentary filmed by Michael Asher, which questioned many of the claims made by Chris Ryan and Andy McNab regarding Bravo Two Zero. He interviewed. -
The Last Platoon: British veterans of the Great War (Part 2 of 2)
This is the second part of the outstanding short series that interviewed the remaining 'Tommies' in 2005. Be sure to see Part 1 on my channel. Uploaded for educational purposes only. Any advertising is unbidden by me. -
Britain and the Boer War
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The Right Perspective: Theuns Cloete / Boervolk Radio. 6/9.
This is the sixth part of an interview conducted by the shortwave / internet radio program: The Right Perspective that they did with Theuns Cloete of Boervolk Radio on Jan 6 2007 on the 150th anniversary of the Transvaal Vierkleur flag: one of the most recognizable symbols of the Boerevolk. The Orange Free State Vierkleur flag would also become 150 on Feb 23 2007. The interview was an hour long with no breaks & will be posted here in 9 parts. The history of the Boers is often told from a Western / British or Afrikaner point of view & thus often from a skewed perspective. This interview is refreshing & important as the Boers' history is explained & told from a Boer perspective. The facts concerning the Boers are often obscured as the Boers have been overshadowed for the past 100 years... -
BBC: The First Jay Kay Interview & Fastest Lap - Top Gear
The second ever guest on Top Gear, committed petrolhead Jay Kay of Jamiroquai fame appears as the star in the reasonably priced car in this clip from BBC smash hit car show, Top Gear. Watch the highlights of his landmark time lap around the Top Gear racing track here. Don't forget to hit 'view in high quality' at the bottom right of the video to get the best picture. Visit http://www.topgear.com for all the latest news and reviews. -
War Footage from 1899 (The Boer War)
Boer War Footage (1899). This montage is from the second Anglo-Boer War which was fought between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State. It ended with the conversion of the Boer republics into British colonies. There is not much footage of the battle itself but this is still rare footage. You can subscribe to British Pathe's YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/britishpathe And they can be contacted on Twitter @britishpathe: http://www.twitter.com/britishpathe And the archive has a Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/britishpathe All 90,000 British Pathe reels can be viewed for free on http://www.britishpathe.com -
BBC: The Boer War - Part 3
Watch all 5 in order of succession (1 to 5) The Boer War was by modern terms a genocide with some of the most horrific acts of barbarism against the Boer People. Concentration camps where invented by the English during the Boer War and in fact the Boers were to be histories 1st holocaust victims! The Boer War http://www.anglo-boer.co.za/offensive.html Emily Hobhouse - Angel of Mercy http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Whobhouse.htm -
BBC: The Boer War - Part 4
Watch all 5 in order of succession (1 to 5) The Boer War was by modern terms a genocide with some of the most horrific acts of barbarism against the Boer People. Concentration camps where invented by the English during the Boer War and in fact the Boers were to be histories 1st holocaust victims! The Boer War http://www.anglo-boer.co.za/offensive.html Emily Hobhouse - Angel of Mercy http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Whobhouse.htm -
BBC: The Boer War - Part 5
Watch all 5 in order of succession (1 to 5) The Boer War was by modern terms a genocide with some of the most horrific acts of barbarism against the Boer People. Concentration camps where invented by the English during the Boer War and in fact the Boers were to be histories 1st holocaust victims! The Boer War http://www.anglo-boer.co.za/offensive.html Emily Hobhouse - Angel of Mercy http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Whobhouse.htm -
Australians at War "We're on a long trek now" Part 5
As Australians this year celebrated the centenary of Federation many sought answers to the great questions of national identity: who are we, and what has made us who we are? A little over a hundred years ago, Australians were asking the same questions. In the 1890s we werent yet a nation, just half a dozen of Her Majestys colonies, the vast proportion of the population being Anglo-Celts. But talk of federation was widespread, and many sought the symbolic acts that could define the birth of Australia. Except for armed resistance from Aboriginal groups to White settlement, Australia was created peacefully. There was no cataclysmic rebellion or civil war to mark our birth. Many saw this lack of military history as a significant hole in our national psyche. What we needed, they belie... -
Interview with Pipe Major Willie Ross (1950)
A radio interview with Pipe Major Willie Ross from 1950. While many who heard them live contend that G. S. McLennan was the finest strathspey and reel player during the early years of the 20th century, John MacColl the best march player, and John MacDonald of Inverness the best piobaireachd player, many see Willie Ross as the best all-round player of the period. He was known for stirring music and a beautifully toned instrument in everything he played, and his prize-winning in the major events set records for both piobaireachd and light music. With this competitive record, more than 50 years of continuous teaching throughout Scotland, five seminal books of bagpipe music and many popular compositions to his credit, Willie Ross can certainly lay claim to having been the most influential p... -
Delarey - Boer War
This is for the pride of the Afrikaaner Nation. General De la Rey was a Boer General in South Africa who led his brave boers in battle against the invading British Empire. The odds were staggering 80 000 boers to 350 000 british Soldiers. The Boers held out to the bitter end. The British held thousands of Boer women and children in the first ever concentration camps. The British forced the Boers to surrender as they starved their women and children - only for the Boers to return to their torched farms without many of their murdered family. A Salute to the men who fought for my right to be here in South Africa today. "Ons Vir Jou Suid Africa" -
Guy Gillette Interview: Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from Iowa
http://thefilmarchive.org/ Guy Mark Gillette (February 3, 1879 -- March 3, 1973) was a Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from Iowa. In the U.S. Senate, Gillette was elected, re-elected, defeated, elected again, and defeated again. Born in Cherokee, Iowa, he attended public school and graduated from Drake University Law School in Des Moines in 1900. He was admitted to the bar in 1900 and commenced practice in Cherokee. During the Spanish-American War, he served as a sergeant in the Fifty-second Iowa Regiment in the United States Army, but never saw combat. He volunteered to fight against the British in Africa in the Boer War, but was turned down. Returning to Iowa, he engaged in agricultural pursuits and was the city attorney of Cherokee in 1906-1907. He became the prosecuting a... -
Shell Shock Victim (WW1)
Shell Shock Victim - Disturbing footage of the effects of shell shock. Filmed during World War 1, this remarkable film shows a traumatised soldier staggering and hardly able to walk, however after treatment, the man is transformed and confidently walks towards the camera. Seale Hayne in Devon was a military hospital which played an incredible role in curing shell shock victims during The Great War. At the time, most shell shock victims were treated harshly and with little sympathy as their symptoms were not understood and they were seen as a sign of weakness. So instead of receiving proper care, many victims endured more trauma with treatments such as solitary confinement or electric shock therapy. However, one doctor called Arthur Hurst believed he could cure every shell shock victim.... -
Interviews with WW1 veterans
A short film of WWI footage including interviews with WWI veterans and their experiences of fighting in the First World War, the effects of the gunfire in the trenches and what it was like 'going over the top'. Also includes an account of Captain Neville and his approved idea of using a football for each platoon to kick ahead of them when going over the top, to help them with the fear of what they were about to face. -
BOER WAR - SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899/1902 - NO SOUND
Mafeking Dispatch Bearer. (Re-enactment) Two boers firing down on soldier who falls hit, another soldier runs into shot as Boers break cover soldier falls. Boers firing at another soldier and his hit Boer runs down to club him with rifle butt and is shot before he can do so. Tussle ensues Boet takes message from Despatch Bearer but it is retrieved by another soldier.Colonial Troops with mounted machine guns. Train of Mounted soldiers moving towards camera and passing camera. Group of soldiers ride up dismount and assemble machine gun. DATE = 1899/1902 You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/d954894d890543b0b9da979201d0680a Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
Battle Lines: Last Boer War Veteran
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- Duration: 5:41
- Updated: 11 Dec 2007
- views: 105725
Old soldier George Ives was 111 years old when this sequence was filmed for the documentary series 'Instrument of War' the story of the Great Highland Bagpipe. ...
Old soldier George Ives was 111 years old when this sequence was filmed for the documentary series 'Instrument of War' the story of the Great Highland Bagpipe. As the last survivor of the Boer War, 1899-1902, he was truly a living link with history.
More of George Ives can be seen in the new film Battle Lines: 'reflections in kilt and khaki', the sequel to 'Instrument of War' and 'When the Pipers Play', directed by Patrick King. For more information about George Ives and how to get 'Battle Lines' DVD contact the producers - highlandclassics - website.
wn.com/Battle Lines Last Boer War Veteran
Old soldier George Ives was 111 years old when this sequence was filmed for the documentary series 'Instrument of War' the story of the Great Highland Bagpipe. As the last survivor of the Boer War, 1899-1902, he was truly a living link with history.
More of George Ives can be seen in the new film Battle Lines: 'reflections in kilt and khaki', the sequel to 'Instrument of War' and 'When the Pipers Play', directed by Patrick King. For more information about George Ives and how to get 'Battle Lines' DVD contact the producers - highlandclassics - website.
- published: 11 Dec 2007
- views: 105725
Britain's "Unkillable" Soldier, Adrian Carton de Wiart
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:18
- Updated: 12 Apr 2015
- views: 3874
Lt.-Gen. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart served as a British officer in the Boer War, the First World War, and the Second World War, survived two plane crashes, was ...
Lt.-Gen. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart served as a British officer in the Boer War, the First World War, and the Second World War, survived two plane crashes, was shot in the head, face, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear, tunneled out of a prisoner-of-war camp, broke his back, and bit off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate.
Born in Brussels in 1880, Adrian joined the British Army during the Boer War in South Africa in 1899. Early in the war, Adrian was wounded in the stomach and sent home. His father was furious about him leaving college, but allowed him to stay in the military. Adrian was given a commission in the Second Imperial Light Horse and soon saw further action in South Africa.
When World War I began, Adrian first served in British Somaliland. In an attack upon an enemy fort, he was shot twice in the face, losing an eye and also a portion of his ear. In 1915, he took part in fighting on the Western Front in France, commanding three infantry battalions and a brigade. He was wounded seven more times during the war and lost his left hand in 1915. He even bit off his own fingers when a doctor declined to remove them. He had been shot through the skull, ankle, hip, leg, and ear. He received several promotions in rank throughout the war, eventually attaining the rank of major. He also received several awards and medals for his service, including the Victoria Cross, the highest honor for combat in the British Empire. Even after having been wounded so severely, Adrian later said of his experiences, “Frankly, I had enjoyed the war.”
After the war, Adrian went on to serve in Poland for a few years, surviving an airplane crash and a brief period of captivity. He retired from the army in 1923 with the honorary rank of major general. Adrian began to lead a peaceful life on a large estate in eastern Europe near the Soviet border. His retirement was later interrupted in 1939 when he was recalled to duty and appointed as the head of the British Military Mission to Poland. Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany in September and the Soviets soon joined in the attack from the east. Adrian’s estate was taken during the fighting.
Adrian went on to serve in Norway and Northern Ireland throughout 1940 when he turned 60 years old. With the Nazis preparing to invade Yugoslavia, the Yugoslavs asked for British aid. Adrian was sent to Serbia to negotiate with the Yugoslavian government, traveling in a Wellington bomber across the Mediterranean. After refueling in Malta, the plane’s engines failed and the aircraft crashed into the sea about a mile from Italian-controlled Libya. Adrian was forced to swim ashore where he was captured by the Italians.
Adrian was made a prisoner alongside several other officers who Rommel had captured in North Africa in 1941. Adrian attempted to escape several times, even tunneling for seven months. He once escaped and evaded recapture for eight days, disguising himself as an Italian civilian. In August 1943, Adrian was released from his imprisonment as the Italian government secretly planned to leave the war and sent him back to the British with the message.
Less than a month after returning to England, Adrian was summoned by Prime Minister Winston Churchill. He was given the rank of acting lieutenant-general and sent to India to later go on to China as Churchill’s personal representative. Before leaving for China, Adrian attended the 1943 Cairo Conference organized by Churchill, U.S. President Roosevelt, and Chinese General Chaing Kai Shek. A photograph of these leaders gathered in Cario shows Adrian standing behind them on the far right. Adrian spent his next years working with Chiang Kai Shek in China and often traveling to British India.
When the Japanese surrounded in August 1945, Adrian flew to Singapore to take part in the formal surrender. Near the end of his career, Adrian met American General Douglas MacArthur in Tokyo. He retired at the age of 67 in October 1947 with the honorary rank of lieutenant-general.
On his way home to England, Adrian stopped in French Indochina as a guest of a military commander. He slipped coming down some stairs and fell, breaking his back and several vertebrae. He eventually recovered in an English hospital. After Adrian’s first wife died in 1949, he remarried in 1951 at the age of 71 to a woman 23 years younger than him. He settled in County Cork, Ireland where he took up fishing and hunting during his later years. Adrian died at the age of 83 in 1963.
wn.com/Britain's Unkillable Soldier, Adrian Carton De Wiart
Lt.-Gen. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart served as a British officer in the Boer War, the First World War, and the Second World War, survived two plane crashes, was shot in the head, face, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear, tunneled out of a prisoner-of-war camp, broke his back, and bit off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate.
Born in Brussels in 1880, Adrian joined the British Army during the Boer War in South Africa in 1899. Early in the war, Adrian was wounded in the stomach and sent home. His father was furious about him leaving college, but allowed him to stay in the military. Adrian was given a commission in the Second Imperial Light Horse and soon saw further action in South Africa.
When World War I began, Adrian first served in British Somaliland. In an attack upon an enemy fort, he was shot twice in the face, losing an eye and also a portion of his ear. In 1915, he took part in fighting on the Western Front in France, commanding three infantry battalions and a brigade. He was wounded seven more times during the war and lost his left hand in 1915. He even bit off his own fingers when a doctor declined to remove them. He had been shot through the skull, ankle, hip, leg, and ear. He received several promotions in rank throughout the war, eventually attaining the rank of major. He also received several awards and medals for his service, including the Victoria Cross, the highest honor for combat in the British Empire. Even after having been wounded so severely, Adrian later said of his experiences, “Frankly, I had enjoyed the war.”
After the war, Adrian went on to serve in Poland for a few years, surviving an airplane crash and a brief period of captivity. He retired from the army in 1923 with the honorary rank of major general. Adrian began to lead a peaceful life on a large estate in eastern Europe near the Soviet border. His retirement was later interrupted in 1939 when he was recalled to duty and appointed as the head of the British Military Mission to Poland. Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany in September and the Soviets soon joined in the attack from the east. Adrian’s estate was taken during the fighting.
Adrian went on to serve in Norway and Northern Ireland throughout 1940 when he turned 60 years old. With the Nazis preparing to invade Yugoslavia, the Yugoslavs asked for British aid. Adrian was sent to Serbia to negotiate with the Yugoslavian government, traveling in a Wellington bomber across the Mediterranean. After refueling in Malta, the plane’s engines failed and the aircraft crashed into the sea about a mile from Italian-controlled Libya. Adrian was forced to swim ashore where he was captured by the Italians.
Adrian was made a prisoner alongside several other officers who Rommel had captured in North Africa in 1941. Adrian attempted to escape several times, even tunneling for seven months. He once escaped and evaded recapture for eight days, disguising himself as an Italian civilian. In August 1943, Adrian was released from his imprisonment as the Italian government secretly planned to leave the war and sent him back to the British with the message.
Less than a month after returning to England, Adrian was summoned by Prime Minister Winston Churchill. He was given the rank of acting lieutenant-general and sent to India to later go on to China as Churchill’s personal representative. Before leaving for China, Adrian attended the 1943 Cairo Conference organized by Churchill, U.S. President Roosevelt, and Chinese General Chaing Kai Shek. A photograph of these leaders gathered in Cario shows Adrian standing behind them on the far right. Adrian spent his next years working with Chiang Kai Shek in China and often traveling to British India.
When the Japanese surrounded in August 1945, Adrian flew to Singapore to take part in the formal surrender. Near the end of his career, Adrian met American General Douglas MacArthur in Tokyo. He retired at the age of 67 in October 1947 with the honorary rank of lieutenant-general.
On his way home to England, Adrian stopped in French Indochina as a guest of a military commander. He slipped coming down some stairs and fell, breaking his back and several vertebrae. He eventually recovered in an English hospital. After Adrian’s first wife died in 1949, he remarried in 1951 at the age of 71 to a woman 23 years younger than him. He settled in County Cork, Ireland where he took up fishing and hunting during his later years. Adrian died at the age of 83 in 1963.
- published: 12 Apr 2015
- views: 3874
I Was There: The Great War Interviews - Trailer - BBC Two
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:31
- Updated: 07 Mar 2014
- views: 22155
Programme website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03y76xl Never before seen interview footage with soldiers & civilians from the Great War.
Programme website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03y76xl Never before seen interview footage with soldiers & civilians from the Great War.
wn.com/I Was There The Great War Interviews Trailer BBC Two
Programme website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03y76xl Never before seen interview footage with soldiers & civilians from the Great War.
- published: 07 Mar 2014
- views: 22155
Reflections on the Boer War with Captain Thornridge of the British Army
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:13
- Updated: 15 Jan 2011
- views: 725
Miss Griffin interviews Captain Thornridge, late of the Boer War in South Africa, for some of his thoughts, reflections, insights, and drink. Filmed using piec...
Miss Griffin interviews Captain Thornridge, late of the Boer War in South Africa, for some of his thoughts, reflections, insights, and drink. Filmed using pieces of the Royal Sussex Society's 4th Annual Grand Victorian Tactical held in 2010 at Ringwood Manor, Ringwood, NJ.
This film is satire, by the by.
wn.com/Reflections On The Boer War With Captain Thornridge Of The British Army
Miss Griffin interviews Captain Thornridge, late of the Boer War in South Africa, for some of his thoughts, reflections, insights, and drink. Filmed using pieces of the Royal Sussex Society's 4th Annual Grand Victorian Tactical held in 2010 at Ringwood Manor, Ringwood, NJ.
This film is satire, by the by.
- published: 15 Jan 2011
- views: 725
The True Story of Bravo Two Zero Full Documentary
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 49:05
- Updated: 02 Jul 2014
- views: 27862
Documentary 2014, bbc documentary,bbc,national geographic,documentary,national geographic documentary,Structure,documentaries, documentary films, documentari.
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Documentary 2014, bbc documentary,bbc,national geographic,documentary,national geographic documentary,Structure,documentaries, documentary films, documentari.
Andy McNab's Bravo Two Zero. This is the true story of the most highly decorated British patrol since the Boer war: an eight man SAS team inserted behind Ira.
The Truth Behind Bravo Two Zero. A couple of years before the 2003 Iraq Invasion, Michael Asher (Ex-Para/23 SAS) went to Iraq to try and uncover the truth be.
This is a documentary filmed by Michael Asher, which questioned many of the claims made by Chris Ryan and Andy McNab regarding Bravo Two Zero. He interviewed.
wn.com/The True Story Of Bravo Two Zero Full Documentary
Documentary 2014, bbc documentary,bbc,national geographic,documentary,national geographic documentary,Structure,documentaries, documentary films, documentari.
Andy McNab's Bravo Two Zero. This is the true story of the most highly decorated British patrol since the Boer war: an eight man SAS team inserted behind Ira.
The Truth Behind Bravo Two Zero. A couple of years before the 2003 Iraq Invasion, Michael Asher (Ex-Para/23 SAS) went to Iraq to try and uncover the truth be.
This is a documentary filmed by Michael Asher, which questioned many of the claims made by Chris Ryan and Andy McNab regarding Bravo Two Zero. He interviewed.
- published: 02 Jul 2014
- views: 27862
The Last Platoon: British veterans of the Great War (Part 2 of 2)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 59:13
- Updated: 17 Oct 2014
- views: 20292
This is the second part of the outstanding short series that interviewed the remaining 'Tommies' in 2005. Be sure to see Part 1 on my channel. Uploaded for ed...
This is the second part of the outstanding short series that interviewed the remaining 'Tommies' in 2005. Be sure to see Part 1 on my channel. Uploaded for educational purposes only. Any advertising is unbidden by me.
wn.com/The Last Platoon British Veterans Of The Great War (Part 2 Of 2)
This is the second part of the outstanding short series that interviewed the remaining 'Tommies' in 2005. Be sure to see Part 1 on my channel. Uploaded for educational purposes only. Any advertising is unbidden by me.
- published: 17 Oct 2014
- views: 20292
Britain and the Boer War
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:50
- Updated: 26 Feb 2012
- views: 26017
- published: 26 Feb 2012
- views: 26017
The Right Perspective: Theuns Cloete / Boervolk Radio. 6/9.
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:50
- Updated: 16 Mar 2008
- views: 422
This is the sixth part of an interview conducted by the shortwave / internet radio program: The Right Perspective that they did with Theuns Cloete of Boervolk R...
This is the sixth part of an interview conducted by the shortwave / internet radio program: The Right Perspective that they did with Theuns Cloete of Boervolk Radio on Jan 6 2007 on the 150th anniversary of the Transvaal Vierkleur flag: one of the most recognizable symbols of the Boerevolk. The Orange Free State Vierkleur flag would also become 150 on Feb 23 2007. The interview was an hour long with no breaks & will be posted here in 9 parts.
The history of the Boers is often told from a Western / British or Afrikaner point of view & thus often from a skewed perspective. This interview is refreshing & important as the Boers' history is explained & told from a Boer perspective.
The facts concerning the Boers are often obscured as the Boers have been overshadowed for the past 100 years most notably by the Afrikaners: the Cape based political heirs to the artificial macro state of South Africa created by the British & imposed onto the region & the Afrikaner Nationalists in particular.
The Boers trekked from the Cape Afrikaners & the western Cape beginning in the late 1600s & throughout the 1700s when they were nomadic migrating farmers known as the Trekboers occupying the northern & eastern Cape frontier where some later settled down & were known as Grensboere or Border Farmers. A large number of their descendents became known as the Voortrekkers who left the eastern Cape en mass -mainly due to British Colonialism- to trek into the largely uninhabited (due to the Difaqane) interior were they would establish numerous Boer Republics of which the Transvaal Republic (also known as the South African Republic which was composed of the former Potchefstroom Republic / Lydenburg Republic / Rustenburg Republic / Utrecht Republic & the Zoutpansberg Republic) & the Orange Free State (the northern part of which was the former Winburg Republic) were recognized by numerous other governments around the world.
The Sand River Convention signed on Jan 17 1852 between the British & the Transvaal Boers recognized the independence of the Boers north of the Vaal River. This lead to the independence of Boer Republics north of the Vaal River which would coalesce into the South African Republic on Jan 6 1857.
The Orange River Convention signed on Feb 17 1854 between the British & the Transorangia Boers recognized the independence of the Boers north of the Orange River up to the Vaal River. This lead to the independence of the Orange Free State on Feb 23 1854.
The Boer Republics were conquered on May 31 1902 by the British at the conclusion of the the second Anglo-Boer War after 27 000 Boer civilians died in the British run concentration camps. 24 000 of these deaths were children under the age of sixteen. This represented the death of close to 50 % of the total Boer child population of the republics & is one of the main reasons how they were able to be overshadowed for the next 100 years by other forces ascending to power in the region.
wn.com/The Right Perspective Theuns Cloete Boervolk Radio. 6 9.
This is the sixth part of an interview conducted by the shortwave / internet radio program: The Right Perspective that they did with Theuns Cloete of Boervolk Radio on Jan 6 2007 on the 150th anniversary of the Transvaal Vierkleur flag: one of the most recognizable symbols of the Boerevolk. The Orange Free State Vierkleur flag would also become 150 on Feb 23 2007. The interview was an hour long with no breaks & will be posted here in 9 parts.
The history of the Boers is often told from a Western / British or Afrikaner point of view & thus often from a skewed perspective. This interview is refreshing & important as the Boers' history is explained & told from a Boer perspective.
The facts concerning the Boers are often obscured as the Boers have been overshadowed for the past 100 years most notably by the Afrikaners: the Cape based political heirs to the artificial macro state of South Africa created by the British & imposed onto the region & the Afrikaner Nationalists in particular.
The Boers trekked from the Cape Afrikaners & the western Cape beginning in the late 1600s & throughout the 1700s when they were nomadic migrating farmers known as the Trekboers occupying the northern & eastern Cape frontier where some later settled down & were known as Grensboere or Border Farmers. A large number of their descendents became known as the Voortrekkers who left the eastern Cape en mass -mainly due to British Colonialism- to trek into the largely uninhabited (due to the Difaqane) interior were they would establish numerous Boer Republics of which the Transvaal Republic (also known as the South African Republic which was composed of the former Potchefstroom Republic / Lydenburg Republic / Rustenburg Republic / Utrecht Republic & the Zoutpansberg Republic) & the Orange Free State (the northern part of which was the former Winburg Republic) were recognized by numerous other governments around the world.
The Sand River Convention signed on Jan 17 1852 between the British & the Transvaal Boers recognized the independence of the Boers north of the Vaal River. This lead to the independence of Boer Republics north of the Vaal River which would coalesce into the South African Republic on Jan 6 1857.
The Orange River Convention signed on Feb 17 1854 between the British & the Transorangia Boers recognized the independence of the Boers north of the Orange River up to the Vaal River. This lead to the independence of the Orange Free State on Feb 23 1854.
The Boer Republics were conquered on May 31 1902 by the British at the conclusion of the the second Anglo-Boer War after 27 000 Boer civilians died in the British run concentration camps. 24 000 of these deaths were children under the age of sixteen. This represented the death of close to 50 % of the total Boer child population of the republics & is one of the main reasons how they were able to be overshadowed for the next 100 years by other forces ascending to power in the region.
- published: 16 Mar 2008
- views: 422
BBC: The First Jay Kay Interview & Fastest Lap - Top Gear
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- Duration: 8:06
- Updated: 16 Aug 2008
- views: 433345
The second ever guest on Top Gear, committed petrolhead Jay Kay of Jamiroquai fame appears as the star in the reasonably priced car in this clip from BBC smash ...
The second ever guest on Top Gear, committed petrolhead Jay Kay of Jamiroquai fame appears as the star in the reasonably priced car in this clip from BBC smash hit car show, Top Gear. Watch the highlights of his landmark time lap around the Top Gear racing track here.
Don't forget to hit 'view in high quality' at the bottom right of the video to get the best picture. Visit http://www.topgear.com for all the latest news and reviews.
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The second ever guest on Top Gear, committed petrolhead Jay Kay of Jamiroquai fame appears as the star in the reasonably priced car in this clip from BBC smash hit car show, Top Gear. Watch the highlights of his landmark time lap around the Top Gear racing track here.
Don't forget to hit 'view in high quality' at the bottom right of the video to get the best picture. Visit http://www.topgear.com for all the latest news and reviews.
- published: 16 Aug 2008
- views: 433345
War Footage from 1899 (The Boer War)
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- Duration: 1:41
- Updated: 04 Jan 2012
- views: 98437
Boer War Footage (1899). This montage is from the second Anglo-Boer War which was fought between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of...
Boer War Footage (1899). This montage is from the second Anglo-Boer War which was fought between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State. It ended with the conversion of the Boer republics into British colonies.
There is not much footage of the battle itself but this is still rare footage.
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Boer War Footage (1899). This montage is from the second Anglo-Boer War which was fought between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State. It ended with the conversion of the Boer republics into British colonies.
There is not much footage of the battle itself but this is still rare footage.
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- published: 04 Jan 2012
- views: 98437
BBC: The Boer War - Part 3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:54
- Updated: 23 Jan 2007
- views: 65247
Watch all 5 in order of succession (1 to 5)
The Boer War was by modern terms a genocide with some of the most horrific acts of barbarism against the Boer Peo...
Watch all 5 in order of succession (1 to 5)
The Boer War was by modern terms a genocide with some of the most horrific acts of barbarism against the Boer People. Concentration camps where invented by the English during the Boer War and in fact the Boers were to be histories 1st holocaust victims!
The Boer War
http://www.anglo-boer.co.za/offensive.html
Emily Hobhouse - Angel of Mercy
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Whobhouse.htm
wn.com/BBC The Boer War Part 3
Watch all 5 in order of succession (1 to 5)
The Boer War was by modern terms a genocide with some of the most horrific acts of barbarism against the Boer People. Concentration camps where invented by the English during the Boer War and in fact the Boers were to be histories 1st holocaust victims!
The Boer War
http://www.anglo-boer.co.za/offensive.html
Emily Hobhouse - Angel of Mercy
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Whobhouse.htm
- published: 23 Jan 2007
- views: 65247
BBC: The Boer War - Part 4
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:28
- Updated: 23 Jan 2007
- views: 53765
Watch all 5 in order of succession (1 to 5)
The Boer War was by modern terms a genocide with some of the most horrific acts of barbarism against the Boer Peo...
Watch all 5 in order of succession (1 to 5)
The Boer War was by modern terms a genocide with some of the most horrific acts of barbarism against the Boer People. Concentration camps where invented by the English during the Boer War and in fact the Boers were to be histories 1st holocaust victims!
The Boer War
http://www.anglo-boer.co.za/offensive.html
Emily Hobhouse - Angel of Mercy
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Whobhouse.htm
wn.com/BBC The Boer War Part 4
Watch all 5 in order of succession (1 to 5)
The Boer War was by modern terms a genocide with some of the most horrific acts of barbarism against the Boer People. Concentration camps where invented by the English during the Boer War and in fact the Boers were to be histories 1st holocaust victims!
The Boer War
http://www.anglo-boer.co.za/offensive.html
Emily Hobhouse - Angel of Mercy
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Whobhouse.htm
- published: 23 Jan 2007
- views: 53765
BBC: The Boer War - Part 5
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- Duration: 9:56
- Updated: 24 Jan 2007
- views: 48856
Watch all 5 in order of succession (1 to 5)
The Boer War was by modern terms a genocide with some of the most horrific acts of barbarism against the Boer Peo...
Watch all 5 in order of succession (1 to 5)
The Boer War was by modern terms a genocide with some of the most horrific acts of barbarism against the Boer People. Concentration camps where invented by the English during the Boer War and in fact the Boers were to be histories 1st holocaust victims!
The Boer War
http://www.anglo-boer.co.za/offensive.html
Emily Hobhouse - Angel of Mercy
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Whobhouse.htm
wn.com/BBC The Boer War Part 5
Watch all 5 in order of succession (1 to 5)
The Boer War was by modern terms a genocide with some of the most horrific acts of barbarism against the Boer People. Concentration camps where invented by the English during the Boer War and in fact the Boers were to be histories 1st holocaust victims!
The Boer War
http://www.anglo-boer.co.za/offensive.html
Emily Hobhouse - Angel of Mercy
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Whobhouse.htm
- published: 24 Jan 2007
- views: 48856
Australians at War "We're on a long trek now" Part 5
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- Duration: 10:01
- Updated: 20 May 2009
- views: 3194
As Australians this year celebrated the centenary of Federation many sought answers to the great questions of national identity: who are we, and what has made u...
As Australians this year celebrated the centenary of Federation many sought answers to the great questions of national identity: who are we, and what has made us who we are?
A little over a hundred years ago, Australians were asking the same questions. In the 1890s we werent yet a nation, just half a dozen of Her Majestys colonies, the vast proportion of the population being Anglo-Celts.
But talk of federation was widespread, and many sought the symbolic acts that could define the birth of Australia. Except for armed resistance from Aboriginal groups to White settlement, Australia was created peacefully. There was no cataclysmic rebellion or civil war to mark our birth. Many saw this lack of military history as a significant hole in our national psyche. What we needed, they believed; was a war.
That opportunity came in 1899 when British forces took on the Boers of South Africa in a struggle for control of the Republics of Transvaal and Orange Free State. In response to a request from the Mother Country for help, the Australian colonies quickly mobilised their militia forces and shipped them to Cape Town.
Then, on the first day of January in the year 1900, 27 year old Trooper Victor Jones was fatally shot in the chest during a skirmish with the Boers on a remote South African farm called Sunnyside. The young Queenslander, who had previously failed enlistment because of bad teeth, became the first of Australias 102,000 war dead.
Episode 1 of Australians at War, Were on a long trek now, chronicles our involvement in the Anglo-Boer War. The conflict took thirty-one months to resolve, far longer than anyone expected. During that time the Australian colonies federated and our first national military force was formed The Australian Commonwealth Horse, and for the first time the upturned slouch hat and the rising sun hat badge became part of our military uniform.
But the war became unpopular back in Australia. The hit-and-run guerilla tactics of the Boers, and the creation of concentration camps by the British to contain Boer women and children made it hard to find defining moments of national pride. Nonetheless, the Australians by and large performed well and exhibited admirable qualities of courage and resilience. Their actions at the siege of Elands River, for instance, foreshadowed the later exploits of the Anzacs at Gallipoli. We were awarded six Victoria crosses during the Boer conflict and at the same time, managed to create a myth from the murderer Breaker Morant.
Every one of the 20,000 Australians who enlisted for South Africa is now dead. But many were diligent diarists and letter writers. In Australians at War, actors dramatise these writings and provide a compelling personal insight into the conflict. A chance discovery in the archive vaults turned up a priceless series of interviews filmed in 1973 with six veterans of the war. Their experiences of the war, recalled 71 years after its end, provide an appropriate transition of memory into history.
The Boer War remains a little known part of our national history, yet its enlistment and casualty figures are as high as the later, and much more publicised, Vietnam War. Most significantly it established the Australian fighting man as equal to any in the world and ensured that we would be enthusiastically welcomed into the next great world conflict, a conflict that would provide the defining military moment that many Australians hoped for.
wn.com/Australians At War We're On A Long Trek Now Part 5
As Australians this year celebrated the centenary of Federation many sought answers to the great questions of national identity: who are we, and what has made us who we are?
A little over a hundred years ago, Australians were asking the same questions. In the 1890s we werent yet a nation, just half a dozen of Her Majestys colonies, the vast proportion of the population being Anglo-Celts.
But talk of federation was widespread, and many sought the symbolic acts that could define the birth of Australia. Except for armed resistance from Aboriginal groups to White settlement, Australia was created peacefully. There was no cataclysmic rebellion or civil war to mark our birth. Many saw this lack of military history as a significant hole in our national psyche. What we needed, they believed; was a war.
That opportunity came in 1899 when British forces took on the Boers of South Africa in a struggle for control of the Republics of Transvaal and Orange Free State. In response to a request from the Mother Country for help, the Australian colonies quickly mobilised their militia forces and shipped them to Cape Town.
Then, on the first day of January in the year 1900, 27 year old Trooper Victor Jones was fatally shot in the chest during a skirmish with the Boers on a remote South African farm called Sunnyside. The young Queenslander, who had previously failed enlistment because of bad teeth, became the first of Australias 102,000 war dead.
Episode 1 of Australians at War, Were on a long trek now, chronicles our involvement in the Anglo-Boer War. The conflict took thirty-one months to resolve, far longer than anyone expected. During that time the Australian colonies federated and our first national military force was formed The Australian Commonwealth Horse, and for the first time the upturned slouch hat and the rising sun hat badge became part of our military uniform.
But the war became unpopular back in Australia. The hit-and-run guerilla tactics of the Boers, and the creation of concentration camps by the British to contain Boer women and children made it hard to find defining moments of national pride. Nonetheless, the Australians by and large performed well and exhibited admirable qualities of courage and resilience. Their actions at the siege of Elands River, for instance, foreshadowed the later exploits of the Anzacs at Gallipoli. We were awarded six Victoria crosses during the Boer conflict and at the same time, managed to create a myth from the murderer Breaker Morant.
Every one of the 20,000 Australians who enlisted for South Africa is now dead. But many were diligent diarists and letter writers. In Australians at War, actors dramatise these writings and provide a compelling personal insight into the conflict. A chance discovery in the archive vaults turned up a priceless series of interviews filmed in 1973 with six veterans of the war. Their experiences of the war, recalled 71 years after its end, provide an appropriate transition of memory into history.
The Boer War remains a little known part of our national history, yet its enlistment and casualty figures are as high as the later, and much more publicised, Vietnam War. Most significantly it established the Australian fighting man as equal to any in the world and ensured that we would be enthusiastically welcomed into the next great world conflict, a conflict that would provide the defining military moment that many Australians hoped for.
- published: 20 May 2009
- views: 3194
Interview with Pipe Major Willie Ross (1950)
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- Duration: 2:38
- Updated: 11 Jun 2014
- views: 1572
A radio interview with Pipe Major Willie Ross from 1950.
While many who heard them live contend that G. S. McLennan was the finest strathspey and reel player d...
A radio interview with Pipe Major Willie Ross from 1950.
While many who heard them live contend that G. S. McLennan was the finest strathspey and reel player during the early years of the 20th century, John MacColl the best march player, and John MacDonald of Inverness the best piobaireachd player, many see Willie Ross as the best all-round player of the period. He was known for stirring music and a beautifully toned instrument in everything he played, and his prize-winning in the major events set records for both piobaireachd and light music.
With this competitive record, more than 50 years of continuous teaching throughout Scotland, five seminal books of bagpipe music and many popular compositions to his credit, Willie Ross can certainly lay claim to having been the most influential piper of the century, including during the decades after his death.
He was born to piping parents in Glenstrathfarrar near Beauly in Inverness-shire on June 14, 1878, and was taught primarily by his mother, Mary Collie. He turned his sights on the army quickly, joining the Scots Guards at age 18 in 1896, thus beginning an military association that would last for 60 years.
He was decorated with the 1st Battalion in the Boer War in South Africa from 1899-1902. By then he was already composing tunes, among them The Scots Guards' Farewell to South Africa. In 1905 he became Pipe-Major of the 2nd Battalion, while his younger brother Alexander would become Pipe-Major of the 1st Battalion in 1911. He served in France during the Great War until he was invalided from the service in 1918 due to rheumatism.
In 1919 he secured his famous post as Instructor at the Army School of Piping at Edinburgh Castle, a position at the time under the auspices of the Piobaireachd Society.*
This being only a half-time position, he was also able to accept a position as Piobaireachd Society instructor in the Highlands of Scotland, and also supplement his income with private pupils. In 1921 he was appointed Pipe-Major of the Lovat Scouts, a post he held until 1933.
By this time his competing prowess was the stuff of legend. He won the Gold Medal at Inverness in 1904 and at Oban in 1907. He won Clasps to the Inverness Medal in 1905, '06 and '07, 1910, '12, '13, '19 and '28 -- a record of eight that would stand for decades, untouched even by piobaireachd great John MacDonald of Inverness. He won a total of 11 Former Winners' M/S/R events at Oban and Inverness. This competitive record easily distinguishes him as the best overall competitor of his day.
Ross would hold his position at the Castle for nearly 40 years until his retirement in 1958, when he was succeeded by Pipe-Major John A. MacLellan. During this time he transformed the position into a high-profile one, training hundreds of pipers and being responsible for virtually all the premier players the army produced at this time, including Donald MacLeod and John A. MacLellan. His most famous private pupil was John D. Burgess, who won both Gold Medals at age 16 in 1950, and with whom Ross toured North America in 1952. He produced a long series of gramophone recordings and played frequently on the radio. His fame spread. Angus MacPherson of Invershin honoured him with a piobaireachd, Salute to Pipe-Major William Ross, and he was often referred to as "The World's Pipe-Major," a reputation he lived up to as more than just a piper.
But still his influence was broader than this. His many compositions include some top-drawer tunes: the lilting 6/8 marches Leaving Port Askaig and Queen Elizabeth's March, the haunting slow air MacRoberts' Lament, the evergreen quick marches Corriechoillie's 43rd Welcome to the Northern Meeting and Captain Norman Orr Ewing, the daunting and powerful competition march Brigadier General Ronald Cheape of Tiroran and the classic jig Center's Bonnet.
He compiled five books of music between 1923 and 1950. They remain in print today and any pipers worth their salt turn first to these for competition pieces. More than any other publications, these set in firm print the gracing style evolved by the likes of John MacColl, G.S. McLennan, his cousin William McLennan and Ross himself. It is a style that is still in vogue -- often gracenote-for-gracenote -- on the competition platform today.
His final years were dogged by ill health. He died on March 23, 1966 in Edinburgh and was buried beside his wife in Morningside Cemetery.
At the time of this writing, efforts were being made to erect a memorial in his honour in Glenstrathfarrar.
wn.com/Interview With Pipe Major Willie Ross (1950)
A radio interview with Pipe Major Willie Ross from 1950.
While many who heard them live contend that G. S. McLennan was the finest strathspey and reel player during the early years of the 20th century, John MacColl the best march player, and John MacDonald of Inverness the best piobaireachd player, many see Willie Ross as the best all-round player of the period. He was known for stirring music and a beautifully toned instrument in everything he played, and his prize-winning in the major events set records for both piobaireachd and light music.
With this competitive record, more than 50 years of continuous teaching throughout Scotland, five seminal books of bagpipe music and many popular compositions to his credit, Willie Ross can certainly lay claim to having been the most influential piper of the century, including during the decades after his death.
He was born to piping parents in Glenstrathfarrar near Beauly in Inverness-shire on June 14, 1878, and was taught primarily by his mother, Mary Collie. He turned his sights on the army quickly, joining the Scots Guards at age 18 in 1896, thus beginning an military association that would last for 60 years.
He was decorated with the 1st Battalion in the Boer War in South Africa from 1899-1902. By then he was already composing tunes, among them The Scots Guards' Farewell to South Africa. In 1905 he became Pipe-Major of the 2nd Battalion, while his younger brother Alexander would become Pipe-Major of the 1st Battalion in 1911. He served in France during the Great War until he was invalided from the service in 1918 due to rheumatism.
In 1919 he secured his famous post as Instructor at the Army School of Piping at Edinburgh Castle, a position at the time under the auspices of the Piobaireachd Society.*
This being only a half-time position, he was also able to accept a position as Piobaireachd Society instructor in the Highlands of Scotland, and also supplement his income with private pupils. In 1921 he was appointed Pipe-Major of the Lovat Scouts, a post he held until 1933.
By this time his competing prowess was the stuff of legend. He won the Gold Medal at Inverness in 1904 and at Oban in 1907. He won Clasps to the Inverness Medal in 1905, '06 and '07, 1910, '12, '13, '19 and '28 -- a record of eight that would stand for decades, untouched even by piobaireachd great John MacDonald of Inverness. He won a total of 11 Former Winners' M/S/R events at Oban and Inverness. This competitive record easily distinguishes him as the best overall competitor of his day.
Ross would hold his position at the Castle for nearly 40 years until his retirement in 1958, when he was succeeded by Pipe-Major John A. MacLellan. During this time he transformed the position into a high-profile one, training hundreds of pipers and being responsible for virtually all the premier players the army produced at this time, including Donald MacLeod and John A. MacLellan. His most famous private pupil was John D. Burgess, who won both Gold Medals at age 16 in 1950, and with whom Ross toured North America in 1952. He produced a long series of gramophone recordings and played frequently on the radio. His fame spread. Angus MacPherson of Invershin honoured him with a piobaireachd, Salute to Pipe-Major William Ross, and he was often referred to as "The World's Pipe-Major," a reputation he lived up to as more than just a piper.
But still his influence was broader than this. His many compositions include some top-drawer tunes: the lilting 6/8 marches Leaving Port Askaig and Queen Elizabeth's March, the haunting slow air MacRoberts' Lament, the evergreen quick marches Corriechoillie's 43rd Welcome to the Northern Meeting and Captain Norman Orr Ewing, the daunting and powerful competition march Brigadier General Ronald Cheape of Tiroran and the classic jig Center's Bonnet.
He compiled five books of music between 1923 and 1950. They remain in print today and any pipers worth their salt turn first to these for competition pieces. More than any other publications, these set in firm print the gracing style evolved by the likes of John MacColl, G.S. McLennan, his cousin William McLennan and Ross himself. It is a style that is still in vogue -- often gracenote-for-gracenote -- on the competition platform today.
His final years were dogged by ill health. He died on March 23, 1966 in Edinburgh and was buried beside his wife in Morningside Cemetery.
At the time of this writing, efforts were being made to erect a memorial in his honour in Glenstrathfarrar.
- published: 11 Jun 2014
- views: 1572
Delarey - Boer War
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- Duration: 5:18
- Updated: 03 Oct 2006
- views: 186696
This is for the pride of the Afrikaaner Nation. General De la Rey was a Boer General in South Africa who led his brave boers in battle against the invading Brit...
This is for the pride of the Afrikaaner Nation. General De la Rey was a Boer General in South Africa who led his brave boers in battle against the invading British Empire. The odds were staggering 80 000 boers to 350 000 british Soldiers. The Boers held out to the bitter end.
The British held thousands of Boer women and children in the first ever concentration camps. The British forced the Boers to surrender as they starved their women and children - only for the Boers to return to their torched farms without many of their murdered family.
A Salute to the men who fought for my right to be here in South Africa today.
"Ons Vir Jou Suid Africa"
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This is for the pride of the Afrikaaner Nation. General De la Rey was a Boer General in South Africa who led his brave boers in battle against the invading British Empire. The odds were staggering 80 000 boers to 350 000 british Soldiers. The Boers held out to the bitter end.
The British held thousands of Boer women and children in the first ever concentration camps. The British forced the Boers to surrender as they starved their women and children - only for the Boers to return to their torched farms without many of their murdered family.
A Salute to the men who fought for my right to be here in South Africa today.
"Ons Vir Jou Suid Africa"
- published: 03 Oct 2006
- views: 186696
Guy Gillette Interview: Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from Iowa
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- Duration: 11:32
- Updated: 21 May 2012
- views: 248
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Guy Mark Gillette (February 3, 1879 -- March 3, 1973) was a Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from Iowa. In the U.S. Senate...
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Guy Mark Gillette (February 3, 1879 -- March 3, 1973) was a Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from Iowa. In the U.S. Senate, Gillette was elected, re-elected, defeated, elected again, and defeated again.
Born in Cherokee, Iowa, he attended public school and graduated from Drake University Law School in Des Moines in 1900. He was admitted to the bar in 1900 and commenced practice in Cherokee. During the Spanish-American War, he served as a sergeant in the Fifty-second Iowa Regiment in the United States Army, but never saw combat. He volunteered to fight against the British in Africa in the Boer War, but was turned down.
Returning to Iowa, he engaged in agricultural pursuits and was the city attorney of Cherokee in 1906-1907. He became the prosecuting attorney of Cherokee County from 1907 to 1909 and a member of the Iowa State Senate from 1912 to 1916.
During the First World War, he served as a captain in the United States Army. He ran unsuccessfully for Iowa State Auditor in 1918, and returned to Cherokee to farm.
In 1932, in the Roosevelt landslide, he was elected as a Democrat to represent Iowa's 9th congressional district, in heavily-Republican northwest Iowa. He was re-elected in 1934, and served nearly all of that term. He resigned upon his election to the United States Senate on November 3, 1936 to serve out the remainder of the term of Senator Richard Louis Murphy, who had died in an auto accident. Nearly two years remained in Murphy's term, which would end January 3, 1939. Although he generally supported the New Deal, he opposed the new wage and hours bill, a new farm bill, and aspects of the Social Security system.
In 1938 the Roosevelt Administration targeted Gillette for replacement because of Gillette's vote against Roosevelt's plan to expand the Supreme Court and other positions. He nevertheless defeated Roosevelt's choice for the Democratic nomination, Otha D. Wearin, and was elected to his first full Senate term. During that term, his conflicts with the Roosevelt Administration expanded, on topics as diverse as the terms of the Neutrality Act, Roosevelt's pursuit of third and fourth terms, and choices for judgeships.
After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (where, coincidentally, Gillette's brother Captain Claude Gillette managed the Navy yard), Gillette became "more of an internationalist." Nevertheless, he used his chairmanship on a Senate subcommittee to aggressively challenge the Roosevelt Administration's failure to prepare for the prospect of a Japanese seizure of the source of the nation's rubber imports by developing synthetic farm-based alternatives. Like several others who had opposed Roosevelt's efforts to aid Great Britain before Pearl Harbor but faced wartime elections, Gillette lost his next race, in 1944, to Iowa Governor and Republican Bourke B. Hickenlooper.
Within days of Gillette's first defeat, Roosevelt nominated him as the chairman of the three-member Surplus Property Board, prompting the Washington Post and a Life Magazine editorial to quip that the president was confusing the problem of surplus property with the problem of surplus politicians. He took an early dislike to the job, and complained that he was often outvoted by the two other members. After resigning from the Surplus Board in May 1945, he became president of the American League for a Free Palestine, serving until the Committee's work ended with the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948.
He made a political comeback in 1948, unseating former governor and U.S. Senator George A. Wilson from Iowa's other U.S. Senate seat. In 1951 his Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections conducted an investigation of Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy's campaign practices. Gillette served until January 3, 1955, when his own bid for re-election was thwarted when he was defeated by U.S. Representative Thomas E. Martin of Iowa City. His defeat was considered an upset because it conflicted with earlier polls. For the last time, it left every Iowa seat in Congress in Republican hands.
Following his second defeat, Gillette initially remained on Capitol Hill, serving as counsel with the Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee (from 1955 to 1956) and the Senate Judiciary Committee (from 1956 to 1961).
He retired and resided in Cherokee until his death at age 94 on March 3, 1973, and was interred in Oak Knoll Cemetery.
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Guy Mark Gillette (February 3, 1879 -- March 3, 1973) was a Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from Iowa. In the U.S. Senate, Gillette was elected, re-elected, defeated, elected again, and defeated again.
Born in Cherokee, Iowa, he attended public school and graduated from Drake University Law School in Des Moines in 1900. He was admitted to the bar in 1900 and commenced practice in Cherokee. During the Spanish-American War, he served as a sergeant in the Fifty-second Iowa Regiment in the United States Army, but never saw combat. He volunteered to fight against the British in Africa in the Boer War, but was turned down.
Returning to Iowa, he engaged in agricultural pursuits and was the city attorney of Cherokee in 1906-1907. He became the prosecuting attorney of Cherokee County from 1907 to 1909 and a member of the Iowa State Senate from 1912 to 1916.
During the First World War, he served as a captain in the United States Army. He ran unsuccessfully for Iowa State Auditor in 1918, and returned to Cherokee to farm.
In 1932, in the Roosevelt landslide, he was elected as a Democrat to represent Iowa's 9th congressional district, in heavily-Republican northwest Iowa. He was re-elected in 1934, and served nearly all of that term. He resigned upon his election to the United States Senate on November 3, 1936 to serve out the remainder of the term of Senator Richard Louis Murphy, who had died in an auto accident. Nearly two years remained in Murphy's term, which would end January 3, 1939. Although he generally supported the New Deal, he opposed the new wage and hours bill, a new farm bill, and aspects of the Social Security system.
In 1938 the Roosevelt Administration targeted Gillette for replacement because of Gillette's vote against Roosevelt's plan to expand the Supreme Court and other positions. He nevertheless defeated Roosevelt's choice for the Democratic nomination, Otha D. Wearin, and was elected to his first full Senate term. During that term, his conflicts with the Roosevelt Administration expanded, on topics as diverse as the terms of the Neutrality Act, Roosevelt's pursuit of third and fourth terms, and choices for judgeships.
After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (where, coincidentally, Gillette's brother Captain Claude Gillette managed the Navy yard), Gillette became "more of an internationalist." Nevertheless, he used his chairmanship on a Senate subcommittee to aggressively challenge the Roosevelt Administration's failure to prepare for the prospect of a Japanese seizure of the source of the nation's rubber imports by developing synthetic farm-based alternatives. Like several others who had opposed Roosevelt's efforts to aid Great Britain before Pearl Harbor but faced wartime elections, Gillette lost his next race, in 1944, to Iowa Governor and Republican Bourke B. Hickenlooper.
Within days of Gillette's first defeat, Roosevelt nominated him as the chairman of the three-member Surplus Property Board, prompting the Washington Post and a Life Magazine editorial to quip that the president was confusing the problem of surplus property with the problem of surplus politicians. He took an early dislike to the job, and complained that he was often outvoted by the two other members. After resigning from the Surplus Board in May 1945, he became president of the American League for a Free Palestine, serving until the Committee's work ended with the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948.
He made a political comeback in 1948, unseating former governor and U.S. Senator George A. Wilson from Iowa's other U.S. Senate seat. In 1951 his Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections conducted an investigation of Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy's campaign practices. Gillette served until January 3, 1955, when his own bid for re-election was thwarted when he was defeated by U.S. Representative Thomas E. Martin of Iowa City. His defeat was considered an upset because it conflicted with earlier polls. For the last time, it left every Iowa seat in Congress in Republican hands.
Following his second defeat, Gillette initially remained on Capitol Hill, serving as counsel with the Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee (from 1955 to 1956) and the Senate Judiciary Committee (from 1956 to 1961).
He retired and resided in Cherokee until his death at age 94 on March 3, 1973, and was interred in Oak Knoll Cemetery.
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Shell Shock Victim - Disturbing footage of the effects of shell shock. Filmed during World War 1, this remarkable film shows a traumatised soldier staggering an...
Shell Shock Victim - Disturbing footage of the effects of shell shock. Filmed during World War 1, this remarkable film shows a traumatised soldier staggering and hardly able to walk, however after treatment, the man is transformed and confidently walks towards the camera.
Seale Hayne in Devon was a military hospital which played an incredible role in curing shell shock victims during The Great War. At the time, most shell shock victims were treated harshly and with little sympathy as their symptoms were not understood and they were seen as a sign of weakness. So instead of receiving proper care, many victims endured more trauma with treatments such as solitary confinement or electric shock therapy.
However, one doctor called Arthur Hurst believed he could cure every shell shock victim. He took them to Seale Hayne which was deep in the Devon countryside and there he used revolutionary treatments such as hypnosis, persuasion, massage and dietary treatments to cure his patients. In fact 90% of Hurst's patients were cured in one session.
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Shell Shock Victim - Disturbing footage of the effects of shell shock. Filmed during World War 1, this remarkable film shows a traumatised soldier staggering and hardly able to walk, however after treatment, the man is transformed and confidently walks towards the camera.
Seale Hayne in Devon was a military hospital which played an incredible role in curing shell shock victims during The Great War. At the time, most shell shock victims were treated harshly and with little sympathy as their symptoms were not understood and they were seen as a sign of weakness. So instead of receiving proper care, many victims endured more trauma with treatments such as solitary confinement or electric shock therapy.
However, one doctor called Arthur Hurst believed he could cure every shell shock victim. He took them to Seale Hayne which was deep in the Devon countryside and there he used revolutionary treatments such as hypnosis, persuasion, massage and dietary treatments to cure his patients. In fact 90% of Hurst's patients were cured in one session.
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Interviews with WW1 veterans
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A short film of WWI footage including interviews with WWI veterans and their experiences of fighting in the First World War, the effects of the gunfire in the t...
A short film of WWI footage including interviews with WWI veterans and their experiences of fighting in the First World War, the effects of the gunfire in the trenches and what it was like 'going over the top'.
Also includes an account of Captain Neville and his approved idea of using a football for each platoon to kick ahead of them when going over the top, to help them with the fear of what they were about to face.
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A short film of WWI footage including interviews with WWI veterans and their experiences of fighting in the First World War, the effects of the gunfire in the trenches and what it was like 'going over the top'.
Also includes an account of Captain Neville and his approved idea of using a football for each platoon to kick ahead of them when going over the top, to help them with the fear of what they were about to face.
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BOER WAR - SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899/1902 - NO SOUND
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Mafeking Dispatch Bearer. (Re-enactment) Two boers firing down on soldier who falls hit, another soldier runs into shot as Boers break cover soldier falls. Boer...
Mafeking Dispatch Bearer. (Re-enactment) Two boers firing down on soldier who falls hit, another soldier runs into shot as Boers break cover soldier falls. Boers firing at another soldier and his hit Boer runs down to club him with rifle butt and is shot before he can do so. Tussle ensues Boet takes message from Despatch Bearer but it is retrieved by another soldier.Colonial Troops with mounted machine guns. Train of Mounted soldiers moving towards camera and passing camera. Group of soldiers ride up dismount and assemble machine gun. DATE = 1899/1902
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Mafeking Dispatch Bearer. (Re-enactment) Two boers firing down on soldier who falls hit, another soldier runs into shot as Boers break cover soldier falls. Boers firing at another soldier and his hit Boer runs down to club him with rifle butt and is shot before he can do so. Tussle ensues Boet takes message from Despatch Bearer but it is retrieved by another soldier.Colonial Troops with mounted machine guns. Train of Mounted soldiers moving towards camera and passing camera. Group of soldiers ride up dismount and assemble machine gun. DATE = 1899/1902
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Boer Wars | 3 Minute History
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[Wars] The First Boer War: Every Day (1880-1881)
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South Africa: The boer war [part 1of 5]
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South Africa: The boer war [part 3of 5]
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First Boer War
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[Wars] The First Boer War(1880-1881)
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Boer War Part 1
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Boer War Part 2
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Boer War Part 3
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First Anglo Boer War
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The Boer War 1899 - 1902: Part 1 of 4
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The Boer War 1899- 1902: Part 2 of 4
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The Boer War 1899- 1902: Part 3 of 4
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The Boer War 1899- 1902: Part 4 of 4
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Battle Lines: Last Boer War Veteran
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Britain's "Unkillable" Soldier, Adrian Carton de Wiart
Lt.-Gen. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart served as a British officer in the Boer War, the First...
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I Was There: The Great War Interviews - Trailer - BBC Two
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Reflections on the Boer War with Captain Thornridge of the British Army
Miss Griffin interviews Captain Thornridge, late of the Boer War in South Africa, for some...
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The True Story of Bravo Two Zero Full Documentary
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The Last Platoon: British veterans of the Great War (Part 2 of 2)
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Britain and the Boer War
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The Right Perspective: Theuns Cloete / Boervolk Radio. 6/9.
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BBC: The First Jay Kay Interview & Fastest Lap - Top Gear
The second ever guest on Top Gear, committed petrolhead Jay Kay of Jamiroquai fame appears...
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War Footage from 1899 (The Boer War)
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BBC: The Boer War - Part 3
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Australians at War "We're on a long trek now" Part 5
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Indeed, for many, faith in humanity – cracked by the first slap in the face, electrical shock, whipping, lynching, waterboarding, rape or forced entry of a toilet plunger up the rectum – has been demolished by torture and never acquired again.Torture can also haunt the torturer, as with Eric Fair ... Unmasking Imperial Illusions from the ‘American Century’ to the ‘War on Terror’....
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Lincoln Lewis' girlfriend Chloe Ciesla shared a topless image of herself on social media on Tuesday as she posed for a holiday snap while standing along the beach side ... ....
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Two Russian fighter jets have made “simulated attack” passes near a US navy guided missile destroyer in the Baltic Sea, says a US official. The incident took place on April 11, when USS Donald Cook was confronted by two Sukhoi SU-24 warplanes in international waters off Russia, a senior military official told CBS News on Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity ... The event ended without incident ... ....
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The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) engaged the help of professional hackers to find at least one software flaw to break into an iPhone used by one of the terrorists responsible for the Dec. 2 San Bernardino terrorist attacks, the Washington Post reported. The hackers were paid a one-time flat fee for their help, the Post said, quoting people familiar with the case....
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Is it safe to dump Fukushima waste into the sea?
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Japan has called for hundreds of thousands tonnes of irradiated water from the nuclear plant to be released into the Pacific Ocean. Karl Mathiesen looks at the potential impacts. @karlmathiesen. email. More than 1,000 tanks brimming with irradiated water stand inland from the Fukushima nuclear plant. Each day 300 tonnes of water are pumped through Fukushima’s ruined reactors to keep them cool ... The substance can be harmful if ingested ... ....
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First mentor ... Granny Clarke has a big black dog with a bushy tail – his name is Kruger because he doesn’t like the English.” Paul Kruger was the Afrikaner leader who led the revolt against British rule in the first Boer War ... Mac Diarmada was arrested in Tuam in May 1915 under the Defence of the Realm Act for publicly discouraging Irishmen’s enlistment in the British army in the first World War....
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— Eyewitness News (@ewnupdates) July 11, 2015 ... Looking back at her life, Mmola says she was born in the late 1800s, in the year of the first Boer War in South Africa. However, according to Wikipedia that war ran from December 1880 through to March 1881, predating Mmola’s arrival into the world by some years. The Boer War was fought between the United Kingdom and the Boers (or Dutch settlers) in the country at that time ... [Image ... ....
Lord Provost unveils commemorative gravestone for Victoria Cross recipient (Glasgow City Council)
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Monaghan, Francis Fitzpatrick served as a private in the 94th Regiment of Foot - later the Connaught Rangers - in the Zulu and Basuto wars between 1877 and 1879 ... The now Francis Fitzpatrick VC went on to serve in the first Boer war between 1880 and 1881. He served in the second Boer war from 1899 to 1902 after re-enlisting with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders....
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