Origins of war These are wars of many names. For the British they were the Boer Wars, for the Boers, the Wars of Independence. Many Afrikaaners today refer to them as the Anglo-Boer Wars to denote ...

The Second Boer War lasted three years from 1899 to 1902 and would claim 22,000 British and more than 6,000 Boer lives. Around 25,000 Afrikaner also died in the war, most of them in concentration ...

HAUNTING images from the Second Boer War have been unearthed in a time capsule more than a century after it ended. The fascinating archive was gathered by war hero Robert Oliver, who fought in the … ...

The Boer War Canada gets its first taste of battle when it fights with Britain in South Africa At the turn of the 20 th century, the Boer War held all the promise of noble and heroic adventure for ...

As behind-the-scenes work on the U.S. Army Field Artillery Museum's new gallery creeps quietly forward, the museum tells an ever-more-complete story of the branch's history in uniforms.

After a war that cost 75,000 lives, the two independent republics lost and were absorbed into the British Empire. The wreath laying at the Boer War memorial takes place at 10.15am on Friday.

A 42-page letter written by a British sergeant to his father during the Second Boer War has been sold in an Oxfordshire auction for £1,500. William Smith wrote the account of the Siege of ...

A 42-page letter written by a British sergeant to his father during the Second Boer War has been sold in an Oxfordshire auction for £1,500. William Smith wrote the account of the Siege of ...