The Boer War - Eversley Belfield

1993 edition hardcover with dust jacket and 181 pages in very neat condition. R65 postage / paxi or R100 courier / postnet in SA. Anglo-Boer War, Anglo-Boereoorlog.

Illustrated with 24 black and white plates and 9 maps.The Second Boer War was the first time that Australia and New Zealand troops had fought abroad. Sixty-two percent of the first contingent were New Zealand-born. They were known as the New Zealand mounted rifles and they wore a fern leaf symbol. There was no difficulty in finding volunteers. 200 troops set off 10 days after war was declared. Eventually 6495 men and 800 horses were sent (a higher proportion per head of population than Australia or Canada). About 8000 Canadians fought in South Africa, about one-third came from the militia and the rest were paid by government officials.The British victory in the Second Boer War was secured through the use of "scorched earth" tactics, including the use of concentration camps and forced Labour.