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Articles on the 2nd Anglo-Boer War
Introductory Articles
Coming soon...
A range of shorter, introductory articles about all features of the Boer War:
- the armies
- major battles
- medals
- background to the conflict
- and more
Longer Articles
The links below are a small sample of the varied articles
pertaining to the 2nd Anglo-Boer War which have appeared in the VMS
Society journal 'Soldiers of the Queen'.
All files are in pdf format for ease of printing and/or reading. File
sizes are given in brackets.
No.
5 (Estcourt-Weenen) Squadron, Natal Carbineers Natal Front, September
1899 - February 1900 (80 kb)
By Mark Coghlan,
Reproduced from 'Soldiers of the Queen' issue 79
Fight
at the South Rand Mine, Dec 26th 1900, Eastern Transvaal (67 kb)
By Meurig G.M. Jones,
Reproduced from 'Soldiers of the Queen' issue 80
Death
on Spion Kop (74 kb)
By John C Welch
Reproduced from 'Soldiers of the Queen' issue95
Raising
the Indian Mounted Infantry Corps (Lumsden's Horse) for Service in South
Africa, 1900 (78 kb)
By Conrad Bailey
Reproduced from 'Soldiers of the Queen' issue 96
The
Mounted Infantry (64 kb)
By Michael Barthorp
Reproduced from 'Soldiers of the Queen' issue 99
The
Volunteer Service Companies (54 kb)
By Will Bennett
Reproduced from 'Soldiers of the Queen' issue 99