| 单词 | Boer War |
| 例句 | The bike slid round so the back faced front, clipped the Boer War Memorial, and Ross Wilcox got cartwheeled over the crossroads. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z This was one of the long-cherished dreams of Afrikaner nationalism, to cast off ties to the country they had fought against in the Anglo- Boer War. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He came from the prairies, where he had tamed countless mustangs for the British cavalry’s effort in the Boer War. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to go and find it; Monty, a veteran of the Boer War and a son of a wealthy politician, had the connections and credibility to make it happen. What Happens When Everyone Is Writing the Same Book You Are? 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z It was loosely based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, about a girl who is left in a boarding school while her father goes off to fight in the Boer War. Obituary: Shirley Temple 2014-02-11T12:58:42Z Soon afterward, Capt. Lawrence Oates found himself limping painfully because of an old Boer War injury, exacerbated by scurvy. Review | For a snowy day, a winter classic 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Film wasn’t really his passion; he was writing papers on subjects like genocide during the Boer War. A Date to Remember 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z He served as a doctor in the Boer War. Meet the magician behind Sherlock Holmes 2011-11-13T04:57:31Z He puts the yawn into stultify, the stupefy into catatonia, stone-facedly delivering the exact same chords, licks, and nasal delivery for over three decades over a backbeat that would have lost the Boer War. Ten bands I will be forced to listen to in hell 2012-07-11T14:15:00Z Our critic Jennifer Senior called this account of Winston Churchill’s heroics during the Second Boer War “as involving as a popcorn thriller.” 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z A retelling of the Boer War through Dutch eyes? Fighting Wars Past, Present and Future 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Even more obscure than the Boer War was the enormous round of killings in Indonesia in 1965-66. Fighting Wars Past, Present and Future 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Imperialism and courage are on display as Churchill fights the Boer War in Millard’s readable, enjoyable book. 100 Notable Books of 2016 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z These range from a youthful stint on an Arctic whaler to doctoring in a field hospital during the Boer War to spiritualist lectures in North America, India and Australia. Review | When the world was too much with me, here’s what I read for some R&R 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z On its face, Churchill’s role in the Second Boer War may not seem like a substantial enough subject for a book. Review: In ‘Hero of the Empire,’ a Young Churchill Earns His Spurs 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z A “schemer and a dreamer,” he had returned from the Boer War with one lung, and then from World War I “a 39-year-old wreck.” The Arbiter of Aristocracy: And No, It’s Not Downton’s Dowager 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z While solving the mystery of Halberd’s death, Pitt adds Joseph Bentley, a young veteran of the Boer War, to his team at Special Branch. ‘Murder on the Serpentine’: The end for Anne Perry’s Thomas Pitt? 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Candice Millard is the author, most recently, of “Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill.” Who Were the Original Siamese Twins? 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z He defended Britain during the Boer War, became a pal of Cecil Rhodes, and made clear his jingoist reverence for the military virtues. In defense of Rudyard Kipling and ‘The Jungle Books’ 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z The galleries span Australia’s military history from controversial colonial times to the Boer War to Afghanistan. 36 Hours in Canberra, Australia 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Actor Ray Winstone talks about his latest role as a Boer War veteran. VIDEO: Ray Winstone as a war veteran 2011-04-21T11:35:49Z Both blurred the line between soldier and journalist; Churchill in the Boer War, Orwell in the Spanish Civil War. What do George Orwell and Winston Churchill have in common? A new book has the answer 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z In 1877, following Britain’s announcement that it was annexing the Transvaal Republic, fighting broke out between British and Boer forces in the First Boer War. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The tradition began more than 100 years ago, when Queen Victoria decreed that Irish regiments wear a sprig of shamrock in honour of the soldiers who fought in South Africa during the Second Boer War. St Patrick's Day: Why is the US president given a bowl of shamrock? 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Clive Lewis told the BBC that "if you put a group of people concentrated into a camp - as you did in South Africa in the Boer War - it's what you call a concentration camp". Clive Lewis: Labour criticises MP's 'concentration camp' comment 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Winston Churchill, who served as the British prime minister during World War II, first came to public attention during the Boer War. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He also works at another medical practice a few streets away from the Edward VII - a private hospital in Mayfair, used by the royals, which originally treated wounded officers from the Boer War. Who gives the Queen medical advice? 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z The power of machine guns, first seen at the turn of the century in the Boer War, also completely changed the battlefield experience in total war. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z It was found in a Boer War helmet case at Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk. Oxburgh Hall: Queen Victoria's Boer War chocolate found in attic 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z He was a veteran of the Boer War, shot through the spine in a skirmish at Hammanskraal in South Africa in 1900, and used a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Welsh estate with same family for 600 years up for sale 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z And, although black South Africans participated in it, the Boer War was largely a European war. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our company lived through the Boer War, World War I, the Depression, World War II, recessions,” said Simon Cundey, the managing director of Henry Poole & Co., which traces its roots to 1819. To Survive the Pandemic, Savile Row Cuts a Bespoke Strategy 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z A Boer War subaltern becomes a World War II colonel, with three lovers along the way. Movies on TV this week Sept. 8, 2019 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z The Second Boer War was fought between 1899 and 1902 between the British Empire and two independent Boer states who were vying for control of South Africa. Oxburgh Hall: Queen Victoria's Boer War chocolate found in attic 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z A rifle from the Second Boer War era was among firearms handed into police as part of a national crackdown. Boer War rifle surrendered in gun campaign 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z A poor but proud girl searches army hospitals for her father, reported dead in the Boer War. Here are the feature and TV films airing the week of Aug. 4-10, 2019 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z The Spanish used them in the late 19th century to quell Cuban opposition to their colonial rule, as the British did later to incarcerate South Africans during the Boer War. What is a 'concentration camp'? It's an old debate that mostly started in California 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z In Rees-Mogg’s world, Boer War concentration camps were no worse than Glasgow, same-sex marriage is an affront to God, and E.U. membership is “vassalage” for Britain. Perspective | A British boor is just Trump with a posh accent and veneer of ironic detachment 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z His mother was a homemaker, and his father, Wodehouse Richardson, served as a quartermaster general during the Boer War, co-founded the Army & Navy department store chain and was knighted by King Edward VII. John Richardson, art connoisseur and biographer of Picasso, dies at 95 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Jonathan Ferguson of the Royal Armouries in Leeds said any object with Boer War provenance was "historically significant". Boer War rifle surrendered in gun campaign 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z There may be sound reasons to oppose single-payer health care, but basing 21st-century health-care policy on an analysis of Soviet agriculture is like basing the Nuclear Posture Review on experiences in the Boer War. Opinion | The latest lesson in Trumponomics 101 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z The tin, made by Hudson Scott and Sons in Carlisle in 1900, is one of a batch sent to troops in the Boer War. Boer War chocolate 'survives' 118 years 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z Europe was 20th century witness to multiple atrocious wars, beginning with the Boer War of the British empire vs. the Africaans, the war which popularised the "Concentration Camp" and installed a divided racist state. Opinion | Daydreaming in Germany 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Incidentally, when Churchill made his own maiden speech in 1901, he spoke about the Boer War. What we learned from MPs' maiden speeches - BBC News 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Local author Boling will read from his new historical novel “The Lost History of Stars,” inspired by his grandfather’s experiences in the Boer War. Julia Glass, Jomny Sun, Jonathan Safran Foer and other top authors appear in Seattle 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z The actual term was used in British parliamentary papers during the Boer War, at the beginning of the last century, to describe internment camps. Pope Francis: Europe migrant centres 'concentration camps' - BBC News 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z "She dug into a cupboard and found the Boer War tin - with the chocolate still inside," he said. Boer War chocolate 'survives' 118 years 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z The First World War hadn’t year started; neither had the Boer War or the Russo-Japanese war. Scientists understood the climate 150 years ago better than the EPA head today | John Abraham 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z In the thick of the Boer War, when the British Foreign Secretary told Queen Victoria about a terrible setback, her response was brusque. What Queen Victoria Would Have Told Hillary Clinton 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z The end of the Boer War saw the rise of war memorials across the country, some 600 of them. The story of the Last Post - BBC News 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Mahatma Gandhi, who returned to his homeland for good from South Africa in January 1915, supported the war, as he had supported the British in the Boer War. Why the Indian soldiers of WW1 were forgotten - BBC News 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z He travelled twice to South Africa at the turn of the century to fight in the Boer War. Northampton Saints' rugby star who died at Gallipoli - BBC News 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Indigenous Australians have served in all major conflicts, from the Boer War to Afghanistan. World War One's forgotten Anzacs: The Indigenous Army - BBC News 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z In Pretoria, angry Afrikaners - stout, bearded white men in brown military uniforms - gathered to guard a statue of their iconic Boer War leader Paul Kruger. Cecil Rhodes monument: A necessary anger? 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z The raid helped prompt the Second Boer War, in which tens of thousands died. Why is Cecil Rhodes such a controversial figure? 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Churchill began his career in the Army and he also worked as a journalist during the Boer War in South Africa, where he was captured and made a prisoner-of-war but managed to escape. Churchill's funeral anniversary marked 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Abandoning his studies, he left for South Africa to serve as a trooper in the British Army during the second Boer War. The unkillable soldier 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z He lied about his age to fight in the Boer War. British Open: What You Need To Know About Royal Liverpool (Hint: Hoylake) 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Originally set up after the Boer War by two sisters, the hospital treated injured officers during World War One at its premises in Grosvenor Gardens. Britain's first female press photographer 2014-04-01T15:45:27Z Two cemeteries commemorate where the British interned thousands of whites and blacks in concentrations camps during the second Boer War of 1899-1902. Apartheid's Mark on the Mandelas 2013-12-15T02:35:23Z The huge online archive is also as part of a larger project to make all war wills publicly available, dating from the Boer War to the Falklands. WWI soldiers' wills available online 2013-08-28T23:14:42Z In white areas, Afrikaner whites separate themselves from English whites, nursing a distrust that dates from the 1899--1902 Boer War. TIME Cover: Oscar Pistorius And South Africa's Culture Of Violence 2013-02-28T16:35:25Z These are military and political debacles to rival the Boer War. The Petraeus Revolution 2013-01-08T09:45:00Z During the Boer War, Canadians flocked to the colours to defend the British Empire. Canada to the Rescue! 2012-11-28T09:45:00Z Shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy described the plan as a "military gamble" which would leave Britain with its smallest army since the Boer War. Army unit cuts prompt criticism 2012-07-05T19:06:36Z He said the defence secretary was delivering "plans for the smallest army since the Boer War" which was "a completely inadequate response". VIDEO: Defence statement 2012-07-05T15:57:34Z That was just before the protracted horrors of the Boer War and the beginning of the long, disastrous decline of the British Empire. Post-Jubilee, a Sobering Summer 2012-06-08T08:15:00Z Two little wars of brief duration, the Boer War and the Balkan War, had left great debts to be paid and had brought in their train financial disturbances affecting the entire world. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z The breaking out of the Boer War compelled Chris King, the hero of the story, to flee with his mother from Johannesburg to the sea coast. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z Like scenes, a few years later, on a somewhat smaller scale, celebrated the relief of Ladysmith in the Boer War. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z It was the time of the Boer War, and all Christendom was sorrowing over the conflict. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z In spite of stories that have been spread about the Boer War, there was always a fine sporting spirit between our people and the British. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z It happened during the Boer War—as long ago as that,” he added with emphasis. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z The Boer War gives Mr. Henty an unexcelled opportunity for a thrilling story of present-day interest which the author could not fail to take advantage of. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z In the same way, the cant with which many of the supporters of England's program in South Africa extolled the Boer War in the British press provoked his irony. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z After September 1899 operations were suspended, almost entirely owing to the Boer War, but on the 2nd of May 1901 they were started again. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z It was a pioneer homestead and had been burned by the British during the Boer War. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z The Boer War took some of them, and London has engulfed more, only a few remaining at Riff as sad-looking middle-aged men, farm hands, and hedgers and ditchers, and cowmen. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z Britannia as Lady Macbeth trying to wash away the Stains of the Boer War. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z Great Britain, and Venezuela, 2, 26, 27; and the Boer War, 140, 141. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z The mounted rifleman, who played so important a part in the Boer War, was singularly absent in all the actions I witnessed. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Jafta remembered this later and repaid us by giving us valuable assistance during the Boer War, at the time when the British were overrunning our lands. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z It seemed a pity that Rhodes was dead, the Boer War over and all the mining adventurers gone away. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z For example: he denounces the policy of the Boer War, but he praises warmly the settlement which followed it in 1906 under the guidance of Campbell-Bannerman, Asquith, and Sir Edward Grey. Great Britain's Sea Policy A Reply to an American Critic reprinted from 'The Atlantic Monthly' 2011-08-29T02:01:12.047Z She was only a figurehead, and she would not even express an opinion on the Boer War. The Key to Success 2011-08-13T02:00:28.033Z On the other hand, the rapid healing of flesh and muscle on the lofty tablelands of the Transvaal during the Boer War was almost marvellous. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z Winston Churchill, by contrast, rose to prominence during the Boer War and the first World War. Depression in Command 2011-07-30T02:39:35Z By Harry Graham Author of "Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes," "Misrepresentative Men," "Ballads of the Boer War," "Verse and Worse," etc., etc. More Misrepresentative Men 2011-07-20T02:00:14.390Z Quite exceptionally, for instance during the Boer War, the Bank of England allowed advances free of interest against gold shipped to London. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Money problems were a constant, Winston himself having shipped off to the Boer War with, Lovell reports, “a huge quantity of luggage, including 72 cases containing fine French wines” and other potables. Inside the Churchill Clan 2011-06-24T16:28:59Z The guards were formed in 1900 in recognition of the actions of Irish regiments in the Boer War. Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to honour soldiers 2011-06-25T03:43:45Z Many, going thither during the Boer War, are reputed to have made large profits from their business with soldiers as customers. Commercialized Prostitution in New York City 2011-06-25T02:00:18.937Z As a young man, Youngers was the classic soldier of the Empire - crossing Gobi desert, fighting in the Boer War and part of the first British expedition to the Dalai Lama's court in Tibet. Live - England v Sri Lanka 2011-06-07T09:33:57Z English press towards France on account of the Dreyfus affair was repaid by the French in their criticism of the Boer War. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." 2011-05-27T02:00:16.463Z In Ireland, the Boer War became a great test of loyalty to the British Crown. Irish and the Empire 2011-05-14T11:01:08Z The mistakes in the Boer War seem not to have been nearly so bad as those in the Crimea. The Victorian Age The Rede Lecture for 1922 2011-05-11T02:00:18.513Z Although somewhat unpopular on account of his opposition to the Boer War, he is remembered as a public benefactor, having founded numerous Passmore Edwards institutions, public libraries, and settlements, and contributed largely to hospitals. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z In 1899-1901 the relations of the European powers were disturbed by the Boer War in South Africa. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z The public probably knows him best through his most popular play, The Flag Lieutenant, which, coming as it did just after the Boer War, appealed to the sympathy and patriotism of all. Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z He was a gallant officer, who fell in the Boer War, and I have long since left the use of my German rank for purely official occasions. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z The second Jubilee was its day of triumph; the Boer War the beginning of its downfall. The Victorian Age The Rede Lecture for 1922 2011-05-11T02:00:18.513Z When disaster succeeded disaster during the early months of the Boer War, the nation looked to him as the one man who could pluck victory out of defeat. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z The title "dated"; it carried her mind back to her middle girlhood and the defeats of Kuropatki and the futile earnest phase in English thought which followed the Boer War. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z From the story of Bernardo O'Higgins, who fought to free Chile from the Spanish to Irish participation on both sides of the Boer War. Myth and history 2011-02-19T14:27:08Z On the eve of the Boer War he sent a telegram to Mr. Kruger, the President of the South African Republic, which plainly showed that he was no friend to Great Britain. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z His father was killed in the Boer War and Tommy was his mother's only child. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z Finally is repeated the old statement that cruelties were committed by Lord Kitchener during the Boer War on women and children. A Noble Woman The Life-Story of Edith Cavell 2011-01-27T03:00:42.663Z There is an eloquent passage on the subject in Conan Doyle's Great Boer War. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z The Boer War was a brutal interference with the national concerns of a foreign race. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z The ox wagon is a symbol of South Africa's white settlers and how they trekked inland from the Cape to found the old Boer republics which were swept away in the Boer War. Anger and fear 2010-04-04T18:58:00Z She and all her sisters left when they married British soldiers stationed there during the Boer War. 2010-01-19T02:48:00Z This oft-repeated libel needs no refutation of ours, because it was demolished years ago by the German official history of the Boer War. A Noble Woman The Life-Story of Edith Cavell 2011-01-27T03:00:42.663Z Some have served with acceptance in the Boer War or at a military station at home or abroad. With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War In the Boer War, Pieter’s Hill furnished a notable example of this “covering,” as distinct from “preparation,” of an assault by artillery fire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" At this time, too, England was at the beginning of the Boer War, and finding that business a good deal more intricate than she had expected. The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise During the Boer War woman’s suffrage receded into the background, and not until March 14, 1904, was a woman’s suffrage bill again introduced; this bill did not become law. The Modern Woman's Rights Movement A Historical Survey It came into the Transvaal after the Boer War, along with those 70,000 Chinese labourers. Drugging a Nation The Story of China and the Opium Curse In the Boer War the influence of England's unchallenged supremacy at sea, albeit latent, was decisive. Naval Warfare Neither the events of the Boer War of 1899-1902 nor the Manchurian operations were held by European soldiers to warrant any serious modifications in organization. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" The evidence goes to show, however, that certain officials of the Transvaal Government, before the Boer War, issued permits to several lawless adventurers, allowing them to engage in buying stolen gold from the mines. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day But remember the Boer War, and what our shameful ignorance cost us in men and money. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England It is said that more soldiers fell in this battle in four hours than were killed in the entire Boer War. From Bull Run to Appomattox In the Boer War British maritime commerce was unassailed and uninterrupted in all parts of the world, and yet not a single ship of the British Navy was directly employed in its protection. Naval Warfare His best recent novel is The Judgment House, having for its theme English society in the time of the Boer War. Woman's Club Work and Programs First Aid to Club Women In this he was successful, although the advent of the Boer War of 1899-1902 created new difficulties with the Liberal Imperialists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" All this was admirably carried out in the Boer War of 1899-1900. A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War Even the Boer War gave her opportunity for humane work, which was eagerly embraced. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) Queen.—'Whatever histories of the war in South Africa are written, Dr. Conan Doyle's "Great Boer War" must remain the history.... To Lhassa at Last The events take place in South Africa during the Boer War, and in local details Mr. Fuller has given valuable aid. The Vision of Elijah Berl At the Crimea, in India, on the Chinese and Egyptian expeditions, during the Boer War, we were important links in the venture, but no more important than the cargoes we ferried. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war He was out in Africa when the Boer War broke out, and once before in India, when there was fighting, volunteered both times and did brilliant service. Ancestors A Novel A memorial tablet to the local men who fell in the Boer War has been erected at the gateway to the Old Cemetery. The Annals of Willenhall Conan Doyle may be congratulated very heartily on having written, in the "Great Boer War," a book which will delight and interest a wide circle of readers. To Lhassa at Last During his term of office the Egyptian War occurred, in which Childers acted with creditable energy; and also the Boer War, in which he and his colleagues showed to less advantage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" The Kruger telegram of 1896, the outburst of anti-British feeling during the Boer War, the German naval programme, opened England’s eyes to her danger; thus was England forced to seek France and Russia. German Problems and Personalities Scarcely ended were the Boer War and the disappointing Conference of 1902 when Mr Chamberlain, fresh from a tour through South Africa, launched his great campaign for imperial preferential trade. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time Those Englishmen who watched the course of opinion in America at the time of the Boer War must have had some misgivings. The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations The Boer War claimed a certain number of Old Boys, some of whom did extremely well. A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 He took part in the earlier battles of the Boer War of 1899 in Natal as a commandant and later, as a general, he went to serve under Cronje in the west. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" We landed with the methods practised in England since the Boer War, methods as out of date in France in 1917 as Wellington's methods were in 1815. With Manchesters in the East It was not because Canada was deeply convinced that in the Boer War Britain's cause was more just than in the Egyptian War. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time The only time I ever knew them to be flabby and spineless was when the Boer War was on ... an' they'd scream in your face if you didn't say they were actin' like angels. Changing Winds A Novel At close of Boer War Hicks-Beach, then Chancellor of Exchequer, launched a War Loan of 30 millions. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 25, 1914 Here I was told that C. had lost his only son in the Boer War, and since then had never been able to rest or sleep or remain in one place. Tales of Fishes It was a blow at British prestige such as had not been dealt since the early disasters of the Boer War. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War The questions of imperial relationship raised by the Boer War lent especial interest to the Colonial Conference of 1902. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time Your father is a soldier and statesman, valuable to the nation; his younger brother, Cedric, has achieved deserved fame and glory in the Boer War. The Crevice De Wet, because of his world-wide fame during the Boer War, has been given undue prominence for the part he played in the rebellion. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources During the Boer War, some Scotch journalists, strong in the science of genealogy, undertook to prove that all the generals at the front had Scotch blood in their veins. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland These opinions, never nebulous, became sharp as illuminated sky-signs when the Boer War began. Ghetto Comedies The Powerful was the boat which made such a name for herself in the Boer War. “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went The inspector of the Mounted Police who is to go to Fort Herschel was in the Boer War, in Africa, far south of the Equator. Young Alaskans in the Far North He was young and brave, and had shown himself one of the ablest soldiers the British had to fight against during the Boer War. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources I don't say," said Mr. Ransome, ignoring his son's folly, "that I'm complaining of this Boer War in especial. The Combined Maze This story deals with the guerrilla aspect of the Boer War, and shows how George Ransome is compelled to leave his father’s farm and take service with the British. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson Although the Boer War cost England much in lives, money, and prestige, its gain far overshadowed its cost. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers But the experience of the Boer War, in which it was put to a test of some magnitude, has conclusively proved that it works well. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government He had proved himself an efficient soldier during the Boer War, and appears to have been in command of a training camp in the western Transvaal when the rebellion was started. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources Some of them had been in the Boer War, and three of them had sons in this. Tatterdemalion How many threw up everything at home and came out in the time of the Boer War! The Rhodesian Beneath the chandelier stood Mr. Smitz and the four personages who had sat before the cabinet and had views on the Boer War. The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton During the Boer War the command of the sea was never disputed, so that it gave rise to no anxiety after the first few months. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government When my husband was in South Africa, at the time of the Boer War, Gurn was a sergeant in the regular army. Fantômas He wouldn't pay up, so he went and enlisted, an' in tu years 'e was dead in the Boer War—so it killed him right enough. Tatterdemalion They had forgotten the lessons of the Boer War, that the capture of the South African capitals did not terminate that long struggle. The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia The advent of the Boer War and afterwards the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia necessarily postponed any practical action. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon I think he has been almost everything—a naturalist, an explorer, a scout in the Boer War, a soldier of fortune, a newspaper man. Athalie But the government was crippled by the Boer War; and though, appreciating the strength of his arguments, it realised the necessity of intervention, was disinclined to enter upon fresh enterprises. The Explorer I was now in personal touch with a man who, in distant Africa, during the Great Boer War, with both eyes shot away, had gallantly stood firm, urging his men to the charge. Through St. Dunstan's to Light We live in the England 266 of Lytton Strachey’s Queen Victoria—the England of 1880 to the close of the Boer War—as we follow Mark Lidderdale from boyhood to his ordination. When Winter Comes to Main Street Then came the Boer War, which made G. K. Chesterton lose his temper but find his soul. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study They deserted other relics for a large book of Boer War pictures, whose leaves they turned together, while the old gramophone ran unfalteringly onwards through its extensive repertoire. The Tale of a Trooper Curiously enough, the first house hit during the siege was a commodious bungalow-shaped residence with large verandah belonging to Mr. Carter, the author of the now well-known "Narrative of the Boer War." South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Captain Lord Dalrymple of the Scots Guards lends opportune gleam of martial splendour to bench where he sits arrayed in khaki uniform that has seen service in the Boer War. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914 The novel happened to be an intensive study of the Boer War, made possible by the fact that the writer was the daughter of a soldier and had spent her early years in barracks. When Winter Comes to Main Street This story deals with the guerrilla aspect of the Boer War, and shows how George Ransome is compelled to leave his father's farm and take service with the British. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia He had volunteered as a surgeon in the Boer War. The Creators A Comedy The whole course of the recent Boer War has been related in five substantial volumes. Studies in Literature and History One of their neighbours had lately been killed in the Boer War. The Tragic Bride After the Karoo comes the equally famous veldt, studded with the kopjes that became a part of the world vocabulary with the Boer War. An African Adventure What honour was there in the Boer War? All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War I do not like to talk about the Boer War, it is too painful…. Historical Essays Conan Doyle, in his book, "The Great Boer War," states that the British had concentrated no less than seventy-three guns on that kopje. My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War He was an old soldier, he had served in India, had been through the Boer War, and he felt sure that the plans he had submitted to the Divisional Headquarters had been sound and good. Tommy The old Boer immediately regarded him as an ally and counted on his aid when the Boer War started. An African Adventure His father had often spoken of the Boer War as a crime against humanity. All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War Mr. Swinburne and Mr. Henley saluted the Boer War in verse of much truculence, but no quality; and when Mr. Swinburne and Mr. Henley lacked quality one began to inquire into causes. From a Cornish Window A New Edition In his book, "The Great Boer War," Dr. Conan Doyle has, on the whole, gained the admiration of the Afrikanders by his moderate language. My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War She has a long medical experience, and served by Government appointment with Mrs. Fawcett on the Concentration Camps Commission in the Boer War. The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship The average man associates this place with a famous siege in the Boer War and the equally famous diamond mines. An African Adventure He remembered her telling him about her eldest brother who had been killed in the Boer War, and how it had darkened her home, and added years to her father's life. All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War Mr. Watson denounces the Armenian massacres or the Boer War, and the Unionists can hardly find words to express their pained surprise. From a Cornish Window A New Edition England, though preoccupied with the Boer War, took Wei-hai-wai as a precautionary measure, "for as long a time as Port Arthur shall remain a possession of Russia." A History of Sea Power There is plenty of evidence of good treatment of prisoners on both sides during the Boer War. The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship His heart still rankles with the outcome of the Boer War. An African Adventure I was only very little when the Boer War broke out, and when my eldest brother Roger went away to it, father gave a dinner, and all our friends came to bid him good-bye. All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War You were His Majesty's attaché with us during the Boer War, I think. The World Peril of 1910 Chivalry in war, importance of maintaining, instances of, in the Boer War, 339. 1914 I had a vivid recollection of the unenviable position of men suspected of lukewarm patriotism during the Boer War. Gossamer 1915 While speaking at a party rally in his district not many years after the Boer War he was continually interrupted by an ex-soldier. An African Adventure But he was killed in the Boer War, poor fellow. All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War The casualties, in fact, were as high as many a Boer War battle, and amounted to three hundred killed and over a thousand wounded, of which nearly two hundred were civilians. Six days of the Irish Republic A Narrative and Critical Account of the Latest Phase of Irish Politics Smuts, General Christian, spirit shown by, in the Boer War, 339. 1914 I understand that he held a command in the Royal Munster Fusiliers, and did splendid service in the Boer War. The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life This abortive attempt was the real prelude to the Boer War, which came four years later. An African Adventure The Boer War nearly broke his heart, while this business threatens to be so ghastly, that it would have driven him mad. All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War Ready capital was also lessened relatively by the great losses experienced as a result of the Spanish-American War, the Boer War, the Japanese-Russian War, the San Francisco earthquake, and the Baltimore fire. History of the United States, Volume 6 In the Boer War ammunition was carried out in piano cases, and military advices were transmitted in the skins of melons. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year You say he is tall and bulky and had travelled, and his son was in the Boer War, and he has been in Parliament? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 7, 1916 If the Boer War had not developed in 1899 it is altogether likely that, judging from her whole campaign of world-wide interference, Germany would have arranged so that it should break out in 1914. An African Adventure "He was with him in the Boer War, was he not?" The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime We were shocked again by the facts of the Boer War; we had not thought that so many men could be so quickly killed, so many millions of money whittled away. Personality in Literature In the same year Inspector Robert Belcher, C.M.G., who had won that decoration in the Boer War, retired after thirty-four years' strenuous service. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police There’s not going to be any repetition of the things that went on at the time of the Boer War—no leave-takings, no regiments marching through the streets. Good Old Anna You pass the ruins of Kitchener's blockhouses,—they really ended the Boer War—and almost before you realize it, you cross the Modder River, where British military prestige got a bloody repulse. An African Adventure In the Boer War it caused nearly six thousand deaths as compared with seven thousand five hundred from wounds in battle, while other diseases caused five thousand more. Preventable Diseases Another trip, in 1900, was to South Africa, while the Boer War was in progress. The Short-story And this applied to both the Boer War and the recent Great War, in so far as the Mounted Police were concerned. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police For the bitter and bloody Boer War the blame has always been laid upon the shoulders of Rhodes. Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School Clearly to understand it you must first know something about the Boer and his long stubborn struggle for independence which ended, for a time at least, in the battle and blood of the Boer War. An African Adventure I read of a man who was put in jail during the Boer War simply because he was always prophesying disaster. Sermons on Biblical Characters He would learn the amazing story, incredible to almost any other nation, of the great rally of colonial troops to the help of the Empire at the time of the Boer War. Home Rule Second Edition At the Boer War period, we had the Yukon rush, which meant an extraordinary mob of desperate characters to deal with, in addition to the problems ensuing from large immigration into the Middle West. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police In the Boer War the British losses through typhoid fever alone were 8,000 against 7,700 killed by bullets, shells and other agencies. On the Fringe of the Great Fight Hence the Jameson Raid, which was an ill-starred protest against the narrow, copper-riveted Boer rule, and later the final and sanguinary show-down in the Boer War, which ended the dream of Boer independence. An African Adventure In the Boer War of 1881 he was Sir Evelyn Wood's chief of staff; and thus added to his experience of South African conditions of warfare. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The rest of us smoked in wrathful silence, until one of the boys demonstrated to the Boer War veteran that he knew, at least, how to use his fists. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army He had gone over to the Boer War in command of the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles, but had to come back on sick leave, when he retired also from the Commissionership. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police Beled Station was a small action, scarcely bigger than those dignified in the Boer War with the name of battles. The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad Following the Boer War came a sharp cleavage among the Boers. An African Adventure Already recruiting is falling off, it will probably fall off more and more as the patriotic emotions evoked by the Boer War fade away, and no trivial addition to pay or privilege will restore it. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought The following lines were written fourteen years ago when we welcomed the end of the Boer War. Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers Since the days of the Boer War this word has been regularly used in English with this same meaning. Stories That Words Tell Us German colonies in South Africa were invaded by British South African troops under General Louis Botha, who during the Boer War commanded a division against the British. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War The Napoleon is the story of a war between the London suburbs, and grew largely from his meditations on the Boer War. Gilbert Keith Chesterton From first to last, for example, there has been no honest discussion of the fundamental issues in the Boer War. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought Great Britain adopted and applied the American doctrine during the Boer War. From Isolation to Leadership, Revised A Review of American Foreign Policy Some of these became very well known to English people in the Boer War. Stories That Words Tell Us The transportation of English troops during the Boer War meant a longer journey, but the number of troops sent on that journey was but a small fraction of America's army. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War On nothing were the two men more healthily in accord than on the Boer War. Gilbert Keith Chesterton Lloyd George was invited to speak in the Citadel of Imperialism which was likewise the home of Joseph Chamberlain, Arch-Apostle of the Boer War. The War After the War Another month would pay for the whole Russo-Japanese War; twelve days would pay for the Boer War, while the cost for three days would dig the Panama Canal. With Our Soldiers in France One of the most brilliant supporters Sir Wilfred Laurier ever had flung his chances of a Cabinet place to the winds in opposing Canada's participation in the Boer War. The Canadian Commonwealth Reminds me of our howitzer shells in the Boer War; they used to let off a lot of stuff that turned yellow. Leaves from a Field Note-Book In a correspondence with Dr. Clifford he reminded him of how they had stood together against popular fanaticism during the Boer War. Gilbert Keith Chesterton He who had tried to stop the irresistible flood of the Boer War now rode the full swell of the storm that threatened for the moment to engulf all Britain. The War After the War When the Conservative Government formed its Committee upon the Boer War, the Earl, a Liberal, was appointed chairman. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie Prior to the Boer War the public ignorance on the subject was even more appalling. Sir John French An Authentic Biography Burning-glasses are used to a considerable extent at the present time in certain countries and it is reported that British soldiers were supplied with them during the Boer War. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization Other events having far-reaching results were the terrible Irish famine, the Opium War, the Crimean War, the rebellion in India, the Trent affair, the war in the Sudan, and the great Boer War. The Leading Facts of English History When the Conservative Government fell after the Boer War he was not only a Cabinet possibility but a necessity. The War After the War The Unionists in 1900 won a majority on the Boer War, and used it to endow brewers and Church schools. The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism After the Boer War, as is well known, opinion on the subject of the future of the mounted arm was bitterly divided. Sir John French An Authentic Biography Chamberlain has, by the Boer War, begun its unification. The Young Man and the World The Boer War, for instance, would have cost us less than half as much if we had had the right men to direct the commercial side of it. A Lost Leader I had five sons in the Boer War. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I In a certain sense the Boer War was fought just as much against financiers as against President Kruger. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker In the strenuous days of the Boer War I learned to know my South Africa from the Indian to the Atlantic Ocean as one learns a country only under the searching test of war. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. I was in the Boer War myself and saw several men shot by that dodge, on the pretence that they were escaping.' The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs He died in the house of Mr. Fortescue Carter, the historian of the previous Boer War. Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith During the Boer War it was found that the average Englishman did not measure up to the standards of recruiting and the average soldier in the field manifested a low plane of vitality and endurance. The Art of Public Speaking Without the association and glamour of Rhodes' name, too, this area could never have acquired the political importance it possessed in the few years which preceded, and covered, the Boer War. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker The principal topic in England then was the Boer War, which aroused so much hostility in our country. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him Mr. Esselen was a medical student at the time of the Boer War of Independence, and having then as he still has enthusiastic Boer sympathies, volunteered for medical service during the war. The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs When the previous Boer War broke out, he intimated that no commandeering would be enforced in the Free State, but that those burghers who chose to engage in warfare might do so. The Boer in Peace and War They were fighting the Boer War all over again with their mouths. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative At least I was led to think so in the course of a conversation which we had together on this subject a few weeks before the Boer War broke out. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker He might have avoided the Boer War, in the conduct of which he behaved with real nobleness at the beginning. The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster In 'A Narrative of the Boer War,' Mr. Thomas Fortescue Carter has given with admirable skill and impartiality a full account of the causes which led to the outbreak. The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs It is authoritatively stated that at the time of the Boer War the women were so bitter against the English that they spurred on the men to do things which they themselves deemed foolhardy. The Boer in Peace and War We have seen in our own day gilt-edged securities, bank, insurance, railway, and brewery shares in Great Britain, brought toppling down by a Tory waste of �250,000,000 on the Boer War. The Open Secret of Ireland The Boer War has still some curious issues of which no notice has been taken by the public at large. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker It was erroneous to regard either the Canadian Rebellions or the Boer War as events which rendered responsible government more or less dangerous. The Framework of Home Rule Much has been written as to the causes of the Boer War; but the secret encouragements which those brave farmers received from Germany are still only partly known. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) Compare the figures with the Boer War, for instance. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front We were in a very different atmosphere already from the days of the Boer War. John Redmond's Last Years To these people, and to these alone, were due all the antagonisms which at last brought about the Boer War. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker So I do not know whether it was in connection with the Boer War that Jevons began telling Reggie that journalism was a rotten game; that from birth he had been baulked of his ambition. The Belfry Obviously the Boer War falls under this head. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) The Queen wished, on the breaking out of war, to start the Guild in such a way as to prevent the waste and overlapping which occurred in the Boer War…. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front He remembered just the same feeling of unpleasant, anxious expectation as he now felt when the Boer War had begun fifteen years ago, before the first news came. Mr. Britling Sees It Through One popular belief was that the mutiny of the Dutch in Cape Colony just before the Boer War was at bottom due to the influence of money. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker I do not know by what transitions they slid together on to the Boer War. The Belfry The results of the Boer War were as follows. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) Our hostility to the Boer War also brought us into perennial conflict with the Government. Ireland Since Parnell The first news of the Boer War had been the wrecking of a British armoured train near Kimberley. Mr. Britling Sees It Through Had Sir Alfred been listened to from the very beginning it might have taken place sooner, and perhaps the Boer War altogether avoided. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker Anthony and Frances tried, conscientiously and patriotically, to realize the Boer War. The Tree of Heaven Such had been the teachings of Treitschke and his disciples long before the Boer War or the Anglo-French Entente. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) "But, I see--I am not to talk to him about the Boer War, or contributing to the Navy?" Lady Merton, Colonist No one can leave those Balliol years behind without some hope to quote the ringing song in which Belloc recalled them at the time of the Boer War. Shandygaff When the Boer War showed symptoms of dragging on for a longer time than expected, some Englishmen proposed that Rhodes should be asked to stand again for Prime Minister, to do which he resolutely refused. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker Anthony had begun to wonder where on earth he should send Morrie out to this time, when the Boer War came and solved his problem. The Tree of Heaven It is a low sage-green bush, very thorny, hence is locally called "bide-a-wee" from the name given by the English soldiers to a very thorny bush they had to encounter during the Boer War. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter The youngest fell in the Boer War … so you see Mrs. Hope has the right to be proud. Penny Plain This was at the time of the Boer War, when everybody in trousers who wrote verses was either imitating Kipling or reacting from him. Shandygaff It found strong voice at the time of the Boer War, when the pastors issued a united manifesto virulently attacking Great Britain. The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War Portable field sets had been used with some slight success even in the Boer War, and had definitely proved their worth in the Balkans. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty Having made common cause with the South African Republic in the Boer War, it was annexed by Great Britain in 1900. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge But Sandy was a soldier too, and when the Boer War broke out, of course he had to go. Penny Plain The Boer War against the British and the wars waged by the Koreans and the Vietnamese against a series of occupiers and exploiters are excellent examples of the operation of this principle. Civilization and Beyond Learning from History There was a flicker of Irish fighting spirit in the Boer War. The Glories of Ireland None of the old Jingo spirit which had inflamed great crowds before the Boer War was visible now or found expression. The Soul of the War The grim necessity of providing, after the events of the Boer War, for effective thought in the government of the British army produced the War Office Council. Human Nature in Politics Third Edition In two months' fighting in Gallipoli our casualties have largely exceeded those sustained by us during the whole of the Boer War. Mr. Punch's History of the Great War Our consciousness of defects, of fields of effort untilled, of vast possibilities neglected and slipping away from us for ever, has never really slumbered again since the chastening experiences of the Boer War. An Englishman Looks at the World England, too, was politically surprised by the Boer War, and consequently had not taken any military precautions at all adequate to her aims or suited to give weight to political demands. Germany and the Next War Perhaps it is more, for the French translation of his book was certainly in existence before the Boer War. What is Coming? It is since the Boer War there is coin sent back from Africa every week that is dug from the goldpits out there. The Kiltartan History Book A fried sole was the luxury which officers who served in the Boer War declared that they enjoyed most of all after their campaigning. Mr. Punch's History of the Great War The one grave shock of the Boer War has long been explained and sentimentalised away. An Englishman Looks at the World In this connection it is very instructive to study the second part of the Franco-German War, and the Boer War, as well as the Manchurian campaign. Germany and the Next War This graceful and striking memorial is the work of T. Eyre Macklin, and is in memory of the officers and men of the North who fell in the Boer War of 1899-1902. Northumberland Yesterday and To-day A section of the country was opposed to the Crimean War; a far larger section was opposed to the Boer War. Essays in Rebellion He fixed Paddock with his eyeglass, just like a British officer, asked him about the Boer War, and slung out at me a lot of stuff about imaginary pals. The Thirty-Nine Steps He was one of the few journalists to oppose the Boer War. Heretics The technique of scouting in the Apache Country is illuminated by that of South Africa in the Boer War. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations They talked to the passengers about the Boer War, and told us about pearls worth 1000 pounds that had been found lately. Three Elephant Power and Other Stories This form of unimaginative obtuseness undoubtedly increased during the extension of our grip upon subject races between the overthrow of Gladstone's first Home Rule Bill and the end of the Boer War. Essays in Rebellion That is a subject which has always interested me, and I did a bit at it myself once as intelligence officer at Delagoa Bay during the Boer War. The Thirty-Nine Steps The poems he wrote for a Sydney newspaper led him into reporting, and he went to South Africa to cover the Boer War. Rio Grande's Last Race & Other Verses The Boer War had ended in an English victory, and while the thanksgiving was not precisely for this, it did express the relief of an anxious nation that peace was again restored. The Conquest of Fear I was too late for the Boer War or I'd have been in that for a certainty. The Box with Broken Seals Abominable as the Boer War was, the mind of England was less pestilential after it than before. Essays in Rebellion But the Russo-Japanese War produced a more amicable understanding than had existed before, and the Boer War led to still more intimate relationships between the belligerents. Essays in War-Time Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygiene He had been in the Boer War and came home just a night before I left, wounded and promoted several times and completely covered with glory and brass buttons. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking There was the Boer War and the Khyber Pass and Chitral and the Soudan. Mary Olivier: a Life Whatever Germany's motives may have been, the fact remained that in July, 1914, Anglo-German relations were more cordial than they had been at any time since the Boer War…. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 In the Boer War our real objects were to paint the country red on the maps and to exploit the gold-mines. Essays in Rebellion The Jubilee of '97, the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria—the end of the Victorian Era for Church as well as for State. The Cathedral The over-trading abroad, especially in Germany, was influencing us and all the rest of the world, which had not yet recovered from the vast financial cost of the English Boer War. A Brief History of Panics and Their Periodical Occurrence in the United States The Boer War had progressed beyond the relief of Ladysmith stage ere the Recluse of Rattlesnake knew that the Old England he loved so well and proudly was up and asserting herself. My Tropic Isle They were men, as Kipling says of the colonials in the Boer War, who could "shoot and ride." The French in the Heart of America And indeed during the Boer War Italy was the only friend we had left in Europe. With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement We saw that in our own Boer War; and behind the scenes in Germany to-day similar influences are at work. The Healing of Nations and the Hidden Sources of Their Strife In this, German, and especially Prussian, quartermasters are in no way behind their English confrères of whose activity in the Boer War I know from personal experience. The Secrets of the German War Office I have not a doubt that the British officers in the Boer War had their efficiency partly reduced because they had sacrificed their legitimate duties to an inordinate and ridiculous love of sports. Letters to His Children The victory of Japan over Russia was an event beside which the great Boer War sinks into insignificance. The History of England - a Study in Political Evolution I was out in South Africa during the Boer War, sir," Parkins replied, "and I went big game hunting with my master afterwards. The Great Impersonation I reached Johannesburg, and there I did a little I. D. B. and one thing and another until the Boer War came. The Ivory Trail The Boer War taught Germany many things about the English army and a few of these I contributed. The Secrets of the German War Office The Boer War, I think, revealed its presence, and the war we are now waging has testified to its mature strength. Escape, and Other Essays To complete his characterization, it is necessary to mention that he had served in the Boer War, and had gained a D.S.O. The Secret Passage In spite of the serious split in the Liberal Party over the Boer War, involving the disaffection of my husband, Grey and Haldane, Campbell-Bannerman became Prime Minister in 1905. Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One In comparison with the present world convulsion in which the slaughtered are reckoned by millions, the Boer War seems a trumpery affair of bows and arrows. The Red Planet During the Boer War I had been shot through the left lung and now I began to experience trouble. The Secrets of the German War Office He volunteered, too, for the Boer War, and did a short term of service with the Australian Contingent in South Africa. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life In 1899 he went with Lord Roberts to South Africa as chief of staff, and on Lord Roberts' return in 1900 he succeeded him as commander-in-chief and brought the Boer War to a successful conclusion. A History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the Events Culminating in the Great Conflict She tried to reconcile this with his death this afternoon in the Boer War, and decided that it didn't matter. Jonah It was towards the end of the Boer War. The Red Planet I have always had enough for creature comforts and as for adventure I had had my fill during the Boer War and my world wanderings. The Secrets of the German War Office In the old days, when the Boer War hadn't interfered with tradition, it must have seemed to any one who wasn't a young man pretty hopeless, but now I don't know. The Captives On the other hand, Haggard would have placed him "somewhere in Africa," a strong, hard man trekking across the African veldt he knew so well; for Hawk had been in the Boer War. At Suvla Bay Being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great war. "I can't believe it is either right or necessary ever to kill men; and as for the Boer War, don't you think everybody agrees now that it was unnecessary?" The Major Even on the Boer War we used to whisper jokes to one another in quiet places. Idle Ideas in 1905 I had met him during the Boer War, and as he took off his motoring coat he looked at me closely. The Secrets of the German War Office Even the Bible—the Dutch Bible that Charles had brought back from the Boer War—fell into position. Howards End Even the Bible--the Dutch Bible that Charles had brought back from the Boer War--fell into position.� Howards End The defense issue had slumbered since the Boer War. The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor Divorce had followed, remarriage, and then the Boer War, in which he had been badly wounded. Saint's Progress Possibly Churchill, recalling my meeting him during the Boer War, had dropped a word about this coincidence to his Lordship. The Secrets of the German War Office He was going to enlist in the Boer War, he hates the English so. Back Home He means that he is not in the regular army, although he has been all through the Boer War, and wounded three times, once straight through the lungs. Queen Sheba's Ring The Boer War tended not to be so much South Africa as simply "Joe." Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays At that moment the Boer War was raging, and, as every one knows, on that subject Whistler raged worse than the Boers. The Education of Henry Adams The experiences of the Boer War had not entered into the flesh and blood of the troops. The Coming Conquest of England You must forgive me for saying that the noise you have just made around this table was very like to the noise made on the verge of the Boer War. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story We had never seen the likes of it since the outbreak of the Boer War, near the Transvaal border, immediately before the siege of Mafeking. Native Life in South Africa At the end of two months the Boer War broke out. Woman and Labour Hay thought England must be brought first into the combine; but at that time Germany, Russia, and France were all combining against England, and the Boer War helped them. The Education of Henry Adams He later gave up law to become a journalist, and went to South Africa to report on the Boer War. Saltbush Bill, J. P. He had explored in Brazil, seen service in the Boer War, hunted in India and Africa—matters of experience of which he never spoke. Light of the Western Stars They remembered what happened during the Boer War, when the Dutch inhabitants of those districts joined their kinsmen from across the Vaal, and how that Natives who were armed always remained free from molestation. Native Life in South Africa The end of the Boer War was so recent that that blessed word "efficiency" echoed still in people's minds and thoughts. The New Machiavelli |
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