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Anglo-Boer War, 100th Anniversary

Has an essay by Thomas Pakenham, present day South Africans' relations to events during the war, biographies of major figures, myths, legends, foreign involvement, etc. Site from News24 owned by Naspers Ltd., the South African media giant. http://livenews.24.com/English/Anglo_Boer_War/Anglo_Boer_War.asp

Anglo-Boer War - News24.com

Articles, diaries, myths and legends, events of the Anglo-Boer War Centenary Celebrations 1999 - 2002, book descriptions, related web sites. http://news.24.com/News24/Anglo_Boer_War/Boer_War_News/0,1357,2-53-54_834577,00.html

Anglo-Zulu War Historical Society

" formed by a...group of experts and historians to educate, .........and to further their interest in that most fascinating of Victorian campaigns, the Anglo Zulu War of 1879." Has the table of contents of its Journal and a few full text articles, photographs, sells postcards. Based in Great Britain. http://www.web-marketing.co.uk/anglozuluwar/

Boer War Sites - Yahoo

http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/South_Africa/Arts_and_Humanities/Humanities/History/By_Time_Period/19th_Century/Anglo_Boer_War/

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

The Commission maintains graves / memorials throughout the world for members of the Commonwealth forces who died in World Wars I and II. Has statistics on the number of Commonwealth war dead commemorated by country, for ex. 50,000 + in Kenya, 8,000 + in South Africa,  5,000 + in Tanzania, 4,00 + in Nigeria, 900+ in Eritrea, etc. Select "Global Commitment" then "breakdown by country." http://www.cwgc.org/

Cornell University. Library. Making of America

"a digital library of primary sources [mainly from 1840 - 1900] in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction." Has scanned images of the full text of books and articles. A search on Cecil Rhodes produces 102 matches in 57 journal articles. Examples of article titles: The Ultimate Triumph of the Boers, Briton and Boer in South Africa, Military Problems in South Africa, A French General's Defense of the Boers, The Historical Causes of the Present War in South Africa, Problems of the Transvaal, The Responsibility of Cecil Rhodes. [KF] http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/moa/index.html

Davis, Richard Harding- "Real Soldiers of Fortune"

Full text of the book (New York: C. Scribner's sons, 1911, 228 pp.) Includes
- accounts of a young Winston Churchill's escape from a South African prison during the Boer War (South African War)
- American Frederick Russell Burnham's participation in the 1st and 2nd Matabele Uprisings, the Boer War, his killing of Umlimo, and brief mention of his visits to Ashanti and East Africa. Part of Project Gutenberg Etext. [KF] http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=3029

Dovey's Army Page

Information, articles, citations to publications, photos on the South African military. Also information on Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe. Maintained by John Dovey.Dovey also has a page on the Natal Carbineers established in 1855 in Pietermaritzburg. The Carbineers are now a volunteer citizens force.
Army Page: http://www.sun.ac.za/local/library/john/army/
Natal Carbineers:http://www.sun.ac.za/local/library/john/army/onecarbs/

FOB-LIST - 2nd Anglo-Boer War

An open, unmoderated discussion list, in English, featuring the 2nd Anglo Boer War (1899-1902), South Africa. Emphasis is on the Boers' position during the war. Includes discussion of the present day situation of the Boers. There is a separate topic for discussion in German. Archives are kept in monthly files. Email for the listowner is: owner-FOB-LIST@home.ease.lsoft.com
To subscribe, send the following command in the BODY of mail to: LISTSERV@home.ease.lsoft.com
subscribe FOB-LIST Yourname Yourlastname

H-Africa

Discussion on the African history e-mail list about the Anglo-Boer War. http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~africa/threads/index.html#BoerWar

Halsall, Paul - Internet African History Sourcebook

Has full-text sources for African history arranged by topics (Siege of Khartoum, the German South African Army 1903-1904, . Includes the and many other historical topics. Maintained by Paul Halsall, Fordham University. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/africa/africasbook.html

Historical Graphics Gallery - Jim Zwick - Boer War

Extensive essays are included on some sites. Has political cartoons from the "Boer War." Maintained by Jim Zwick. http://www.boondocksnet.com/gallery/index.html

The History Net

Site maintained by the National Historical Society, a U.S.-based membership organization of history enthusiasts. Mainly on U.S. history but has articles from Military History magazine on the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War and a dramatic (1879) Zulu reversal at Khambula. Readers should seek other sources outside of this web site such as books on these topics as well. One can search their article database. http://www.thehistorynet.com/

Institut National de l'Audiovisuel, INA

The INA houses French archives of radio and TV broadcasts, has a handful of citations to films/broadcasts related to World War II in French West Africa. http://orbis.ina.fr/Ina/index.fr.html

The Khyber Pass, A Page Devoted to Victorian Era Colonial Wargaming

Has scanned jpeg files of Zulu War pictures from the Illustrated London News and The Graphic plus some articles (as jpegs) from the Illustrated London News. Maintained by Ed Allen. Part of the Colonial Wargaming Ring. http://tetrad.stanford.edu/hm/Colonials.html

Memory and History, Cape Town, Aug. 9-11, 2000

Memory and History : Remembering, Forgetting and Forgiving in the life of the Nation and the Community, An International Conference. Has papers online (some are in French). Topics include the South African War, 1899-1902. Writers wishing to cite the content of papers in their own work need to request permission from the paper authors. http://www.celat.ulaval.ca/franco/CAPE1/PROGRAM.HTM

Namibia. Ministry of Defence

Includes press releases, a brief history, etc. Address: Private Bag 13307, Windhoek - Republic of Namibia. Tel: 264-61-2049111. Fax: 264-61-232518. E-Mail: defenceps@mod.gov.na http://www.mod.gov.na/

Pankhurst, Richard - Ethiopian History

Articles by Dr. Pankhurst originally published in the newspaper, Addis Tribune. Topics include World Wars I and II, medical history, Ethiopian crosses, art, manuscripts, Lalibala, the Aksum Obelisk, Ethiopian dynastic marriages, etc. http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/dmulholl/ethiopia/history/pankhurst.html

Reitz, Deneys - Commando

Full text of the book, Commando; a Boer journal of the Boer War (probably 1929). "Deneys Reitz served in the Boer forces during the South African War and, after fighting to the bitter end, chose exile in Madagascar rather than life under the British flag." Includes a Preface by General J.C. Smuts who wrote "We have not only an unforgettable picture of mobile guerrilla warfare, but also an accurate description of life among the Boer forces." [KF] http://www.ourcivilisation.com/smartboard/shop/reitzd/commando/index.htm

Rhodesia and South Africa Military History - Richard Allport

Allport, based in the Netherlands, has a book business. His site contains his? reviews of books on "Rhodesia" and South Africa military history and vexillology (the study of flags). There are articles and links to other Rhodesia and South Africa pages. Has most of the text of a 1979 report by a Conservative Party (UK) election observer team to the first one man one vote Zimbabwe elections, text of Ministry of Information pamphlets published during the civil war, the text of an article "Rhodesian Insurgency" by J.R.T. Wood covering events to March 1980, a "Brief History of the Rhodesian Army" by Allport, a 19 page press conference with Ian Smith in April 1997, etc. http://www.rhodesia.myweb.nl

Sentinel Projects

A publisher of personal accounts of South African conscripts in the South African Defense Force between 1975 and 1994 with many references to Namibia. Has links to a web site which contains the discussion from Army-Talk, an email discussion list on the South African military (mainly recent events such as Cuito Cuanavale). Has a draft report by Barry Fowler of his South African Border Duty as a psychologist 22 June-Oct. 1, 1987. Maintained by Barry Fowler of Sentinel Projects. http://www.geocities.com/sadfbook/index.html

South African Concentration Camps During the Boer War

"An example of classes and types of British official documents in the Stanford libraries for the study of African colonial history." Uses examples of British documents to illustrate how to locate sources for research. Prepared by John Rawlings, Stanford Univ. Libraries' Africa Bibliographer. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/boers.html

[South African Defence Force] Unofficial SADF Information Page

"information relating to the relatively recent history of the South African Defence Force." Has full text selections of personal accounts of South African military personnel who served in Angola, Namibia, and elsewhere. Maintained by Paul Anderson. Part of the South African Military Web Ring. [KF] http://www.geocities.com/odjobman/index.htm

South African Historical Documents - African National Congress site

The site maintained by the African National Congress has the full-text of primary documents - speeches by Albert J. Lutuli, Oliver Tambo, Mandela, G. M. Naicker, Yusuf Dadoo, Olof Palme, documents from Umkhonto we Sizwe, the OAU and the UN, documents concerning women in the struggle, the text of leaflet bomb fliers, biographies of leaders, etc. http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/

South African Military History Society

Based in South Africa, founded in 1966 by a "group of amateur historians". Has issues of the national and branch newsletters from 1997, the tables of contents from June 1985 of Military History Journal and the full text of a few articles, pub. by the South African National Museum of Military History in assoc. with the Society, and links to Southern African military history web sites. http://rapidttp.com/milhist/

South African War Virtual Library

Has a chronology of the war (cited in early histories as the Anglo-Boer War), biographies of major figures, many photos and maps, and more. Sources are often given. Has links to related sites. Pages by Robert Wotton, doing an honours degree at the University of Queensland. http://www.uq.edu.au/~zzrwotto

Southern African Review of Books - South African War, 1899-1902

Review by Rob Turrell of "The South African War 1899-1902" by Bill Nasson (London: Arnold, 1999) and "Uyadele Wen'osalapho: Black Participation in the War" by Bill Nasson (Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1999). In SARB, December 1999. http://www.uni-ulm.de/~rturrell/sarobnewhtml/nasson.html

Umkhonto we Sizwe Documents [The ANC military force]

Full text documents including a chronology 1961-1990 of MK's history. On the African National Congress (South Africa) site. http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/mk/

U.S. Army. Center of Military History

Has a search facility for the web site and for their library catalog.  Searching the web site retrieves for ex. information on Somalia. They have bibliographies on the Herero Uprising (Namibia 1904-1098), on British Colonial Africa and World War II, and on Congo (Kinshasa) 1960-1965.

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/default.htm

Van der Hoogt, Cornelius W., ed. - "The story of the Boers, narrated by their own leaders, prepared under the authority of the South African republics. Preceded by The policy of mediation, by Montagu White."

(New York and London, Harper & Brothers, 1900, 284 p.) Full text of the book. Montagu White was Consul-General of the South African Republic at London. Includes some photographs. Includes an 1899 letter from P. J. Joubert, a proclamation by M. T. Stein, official dispatches between Pres. Stein and the British High Commissioner, Cape town, Sir Alfred Milner, Boer govt's reply to Mr. Chamberlain, various conventions (Sand River 1852, etc.). Maintained by Ronald J. Wilson, Spokane, Washington. [KF] http://www.outspan.com/books/boers/boers_intro.htm