The Three Years War: General Christiaan De Wet

Published by Galago, 2005, hardcover, illustrated, index, 459 pages, 18 cms x 25 cms x 3 cms, condition: as new.

On 11 October 1899 when the war between Britain and the Boer republics commenced, Christiaan de Wet was a common burgher in the ranks of the Heilbron Commando. When the war ended three years later he held the rank of Vecht-Generaal (fighting general). He had established a worldwide reputation as a most remarkable guerilla fighter. He was the man the British couldnt catch.

                       The damage this virtually unschooled farmer whod never had a formal lesson in military tactics did was nothing less than astonishing.