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The de Gruchy-Pallot family archive, which includes documents dating back to 1397, was transferred from the University of Alberta at the request of the family and is now housed at Jersey Archive. The ...
In keeping with protocols, it is appropriate to end this drama of trading places with another conceit. At the end of the eighteenth century ...
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South Africa in World War 3
Are we prepared for a world on fire? As conflicts rage and global tensions simmer, Vinesh Selvan explores the implications for South Africa amidst the shadow of potential World War 3.
The Anglo-Boer War was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (South African Republic and Orange Free State) over Britain’s ambitions to takeover in Southern Africa.
What could bring about this renewed interest is a CD-ROM war game which is now being developed and will be available for the Anglo-Boer War centenary. The company behind the game, CDROM Projects, says ...
‘Boer’ of course covers the whole minority. After all, the Anglo Boer War was not against farmers but against the independent Afrikaner republics of Transvaal and Orange Free State.
Weiter bringt es kein Mensch. HENRY G. PROUT. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. A Narrative of the Anglo-Boer War from the Beginning of Hostilities, to the Fall of Pretoria. By Capt. A. T. Mahan.
In a significant cultural event, the Anglo-Boer War Museum in Bloemfontein, South Africa, unveiled a bronze bust of Mahatma Gandhi. Sculpted by Padma Bhushan Awardee Ram Vangi Sutar, the bust was ...
We met up with Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, to learn about a weapon that was made famous by the Boer and Zulu Wars: the Martini-Henry ...
Early Anglo-Saxon warriors The Sutton Hoo site, which includes the ship burial and more than a dozen other graves, was discovered in 1939, just before the start of World War II.
The Anglo-Boer War in 100 Objects, published by the Anglo-Boer War Museum in Bloemfontein, lists Abbottabad in Pakistan as one of the biggest camps, hosting nearly 1,500 prisoners guarded by ...