"The British went into the Boer War over-confident and under-prepared. "The Boers were well armed and these guerrilla fighters carried out surprise attacks on the British, as, without uniforms ...

Assembled burghers formed a 'commando'. Except for the artillery and the police in the second Boer War, no uniforms were worn, the burghers preferring drab everyday clothes. The Boer force is the ...

Some soldiers, lucky enough to serve in forces that had recently seen combat, were well equipped for an industrial war with camouflaged uniforms ... from exploding artillery and mortar shells.

Hedges of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery of Boston as he entered a carriage with the Colonel at the Waldorf-Astoria, bound for the luncheon given by the Old Guard at Claremont yesterday ...

Carton de Wiart left Oxford’s hallowed halls to enlist in the British military and fight in the Boer War in South Africa ... in the spring of 1915, German artillery severely wounded Carton ...