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Boer War


          Book
TIP: Books with this icon are good
         starting points for beginners.


AMERY, L. (ed), The Times History of the War in South Africa, 1899-1902, London, 1903.


BADEN POWELL, Major B.F.S., War in Practice: Tactical lessons on the campaign in South Africa, 1899-1902, Isbister, London, 1903.


BIRDWOOD, Field Marshal Lord, Khaki and Gown, Ward Lock & Co., London, 1941.


BURLEIGH, Bennet, The Natal Campaign, Chapman & Hall, London, 1900.


COLVILE, Sir Henry, The Work of the Ninth Division in South Africa in 1900, Edward Arnold, London, 1901.


CRESWICKE, Louis, South Africa and the Transvaal War (6 vols), T.C. and E. Jack, Edinburgh, 1900.


CROWE, George, The Commission of HMS Terrible, 1899-1902, George Newnes, London, 1903.


CUNLIFFE, Sir Foster, History of the Boer War (2 vols), Methuen, London, 1901.


DANES, R., Cassell's Illustrated History of the Boer War, 1899-1902, Cassell, London, 1903.


DAVIES, W. Karri, Diary in mss in the Afrikana Library, Johannesburg.


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Defence Department (P.L. Murray), Official Records of the Australian Military Contingents to the War in South Africa, Government Printer, Melbourne, 1911.


DE LA REY, Jacoba E., A woman's wanderings and trials during the Anglo-Boer War (trans. by Lucy Hotz), T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1903.


DE WET, Christiaan, Three Years War: October 1899-1902 (trans. from the Dutch), Constable, Westminster, 1902.


ELLIS, E.S., (and RIDPATH, J.C.), The Story of South Africa, Oceanic Publishing Co, Sydney, 1899.


FREMANTLE, Sir Francis, Impressions of a doctor in khaki, S. Murray, London, 1901.


GARVIN, James L., The life of Joseph Chamberlain (Vol III), MacMillan, London, 1934.


GREEN, Reverend James, Story of the Australian Bushmen: being notes of a chaplain, W. Brooks, Sydney and Brisbane, 1903.


HALES, Alfred G., Campaign pictures of the war in South Africa, 1899-1900: Letters from the front, Cassell, London, 1900.


HALL, Colonel Sir John, The Coldstream Guards, 1885-1914, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1929.


HAMILTON, General Sir Ian, Listening for the Drums, Faber & Faber, London, 1944.


HARINGTON, General Sir Charles, Plumer of Messines, Murray, London, 1935.


HEADLAM, Cecil (ed), The Milner Papers - South Africa, 1897-1899, Cassell, London, 1931.


HEADLAM, Cecil (ed), The Milner Papers - South Africa, 1899-1905, Cassell, London, 1933.


HIPPISLEY, Richard L., History of the telegraph operations during the war in South Africa, 1899-1902, HMSO, London, 1903.


HMSO, Great Britain and Imperial War Office, Correspondence between the Transvaal Republic and native tribe, 1877.


HMSO, Great Britain and Imperial War Office, Correspondence relating to the surrender of the Boers in the field.


HMSO, Great Britain and Imperial Commissions, Report on the care of the sick and wounded during the South African Campaign, 1901.


HMSO, Great Britain and Imperial War Office, Correspondence relating to the prolongation of hostilities in South Africa, 1901.


HMSO, Great Britain and Imperial War Office, Correspondence relating to negotiations between Commandant Louis Botha and Lord Kitchener, 1901.


HMSO, Great Britain and Imperial Administration, Copies of despatches in regard to the Naval Brigade in South Africa, 1901.


HMSO, Great Britain and Imperial War Office, South African Despatches, February 1900, June 1902, by Lord Roberts and General Kitchener and others.


HMSO, Great Britain and Imperial War Office, Correspondence relating to the recent political situations in South Africa in 1898 (August 1900).


HMSO, Great Britain and Imperial Colonial Office, Correspondence relating to the despatch of Colonial military contingents to South Africa, 1899.


Johannesburg Critic, The 1896, In the Afrikana Library, Johannesburg.


KRUGER, S.J.P., The Memoirs of Paul Kruger, London, 1902.


LEWIS, R.C., On the Veldt, 1902.


Life Magazine, "The story of Elands River", Sept-Oct 1907.


LIVINGSTONE, David, Missionary travels and researches in South Africa, Murray, London, 1857.


LIVINGSTONE, David (ed I. Schapera), Family Letters, 1841-1856 (2 vols), Chattow and Windus, London, 1959.


LOWNDES, E.P., With the Guards Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and back, Marshall, London, 1902.


LYNCH, Arthur, My Life Story. A chapter on joining the Boers, John Long, London, 1924.


MAINWARING, Arthur (and ROMER, Sir Cecil), Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War, A.L. Humphreys, London, 1908.


MARAIS, Johannes, The Fall of Kruger's Republic, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1961.


MARCHANT, A., The Naval Brigade in the South African War, 1899-1902.


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MURRAY, P.L., Official Records of the Australian Military Contingents to the War in South Africa, Dept of Defence, Melbourne, 1911.


OPPENHEIM, L., "Thornycroft's Mounted Infantry on Spion Kop", Nineteenth Century, Jan 1901.


PHILLIPS, Lisle March, With Rimington in the Boer War, Edward Arnold, London, 1901.


RALPH, Julian, At Pretoria: The capture of the Boer capitals and the hoisting of the flag at Pretoria, C.A. Pearson, London, 1901.


RALPH, Julian, Towards Pretoria: A record of the war between Boer and Briton to the hoisting of the British flag at Bloemfontein, C.A. Pearson, London, 1901.


REITZ, Deneys, Commando. ABoer journal of the Boer War, Faber & Faber, London, 1929.


REPINGTON, Charles A.C., Vestigia, Constable, London, 1919.


RIDPATH, J.C., (and ELLIS, E.S.), The Story of South Africa, Oceanic Publishing Co, Sydney, 1899.


ROMER, Sir Cecil (and MAINWARING, Arthur), Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War, A.L. Humphreys, London, 1908.


SCHIKKERLING, Commando - A Boer's Diary, Keartland, Johannesburg, 1964.


STIRLING, John, The Colonials in South Africa, 1899-1902: their record based on the despatches, Blackwood, London, 1907.


TREVES, Sir Frederick, The Tale of a field hospital following the Ladysmith relief column in the South African War, Cassell, London, 1900.


VALENTINE, H., Ten Weeks a Prisoner of War.


VILJOEN, Ben, My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War, London, 1902.


WALLACE, (Richard Horatio) Edgar, Unofficial Despatches, Hutchinson, London, 1901.


Book
WALLACE, R.L., The Australians at the Boer War, Australian War Memorial and Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1976.


WATSON, Major A., Memoranda of the South African War. Address to the Australian Medical Congress, 1908.


WAUCHOPE, Sir Alexander (Grenfell), A Short History of the Black Watch 1725-1907. To which is added an account of the 2nd Battalion in the South African War, 1899-1902, Blackwood, London, 1908.


WILKINSON, Frank, Australian at the Front: a colonial view of the Boer War, John Long, London, 1901.


WILKINSON, Frank, Australian Cavalry, London, 1901.


YARDLEY, John W., With the Inniskilling Dragoons, 1899-1902. The record of a cavalry regiment during the Boer War, Longmans, London, 1904.



Other Sources:

  • The writings of the war correspondent 'Banjo' Paterson published in the Sydney Morning Herald, 1899-1902.
  • Soldiers' letters in the Sydney Morning Herald, 1899-1902.
  • Soldiers' letters in the Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 1899-1902.
  • Soldiers' letters in the Age and the Argus (Melbourne), 1899-1902.
  • Soldiers' letters in the Courier (Brisbane), 1899-1902.
  • Soldiers' letters in the Advertiser (Adelaide), 1899-1902.


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