The Boer War: South Africa 1899-1902 (battles And Histories)
by Martin Marix Evans /
1999 / English / PDF
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This brutal of attrition which devastated the South African economy
and cost the war British over $22 billion in 1899, triggered by
Cecil Rhodes' failed Jameson raid. It marked the end of the old
wars of empire and the beginning of a new more recognizably 20th
century style of warfare. It saw the invention of the
'concentration camp' and saw the British develop their own brand of
guerilla warfare to combat the Boers. Eventually defeated by
superior numbers and a scorched earth policy, the Boers finally
surrendered, but a legacy of bitterness had been spawned which
would last for decades.
This brutal of attrition which devastated the South African economy
and cost the war British over $22 billion in 1899, triggered by
Cecil Rhodes' failed Jameson raid. It marked the end of the old
wars of empire and the beginning of a new more recognizably 20th
century style of warfare. It saw the invention of the
'concentration camp' and saw the British develop their own brand of
guerilla warfare to combat the Boers. Eventually defeated by
superior numbers and a scorched earth policy, the Boers finally
surrendered, but a legacy of bitterness had been spawned which
would last for decades.
