An Australian war correspondent in Ladysmith: The siege report of Donald Macdonald of the Melbourne Argus

dc.creator	Ian Van der Waag
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:07:53Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:07:53Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/30-1-165
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/f1272bdc5c2f427fa374b1c871af82d7
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/7892
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/f1272bdc5c2f427fa374b1c871af82d7
dc.description	<p>Some one hundred years ago, South Africa was torn apart by the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). To mark this cataclysmic event, Covos-Day is publishing a series of books. The first is a facsimile of Donald Macdonald's enduring story of <em>How we kept the flag flying </em>through the siege of Ladysmith I and this is followed by several other titles including another Ladysmith-siege diary: one written by George Maidment, a British army orderly.2 Such a publication programme is a monumental and laudable effort. It allows both reflections upon a calamitous episode in South African history and, as is the case of <em>How we kept the flag flying, </em>an opportunity for the collector to acquire old titles, long-out-of-print, at reasonable prices.</p> <p>Donald Macdonald was born in Melbourne, Victoria on 6 June 1859. After a short career as a teacher, he joined the <em>Corowa Free Press </em>and, in 1881, the <em>Melbourne Argus. </em>A nature writer and cricket commentator,) he arrived in South Africa on 21 October 1899, the day of the battle at Elandslaagte, as war correspondent to the <em>Melbourne Argus. </em>This book, <em>How we kept the flag flying, </em>was born from his experiences and frustrations whilst holed-up in Ladysmith throughout the 100-day siege, whilst the war raged and was reported on by journalists elsewhere.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/165
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 30, Iss 1 (2012)
dc.subject	An Australian war correspondent in Ladysmith
dc.subject	Donald Macdonald
dc.subject	Melbourne Argus
dc.subject	Covos-Day
dc.subject	How we kept the flag flying
dc.subject	the siege of Ladysmith
dc.subject	Second Anglo-Boer War
dc.subject	the battle at Elandslaagte
dc.subject	100-day siege
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	An Australian war correspondent in Ladysmith: The siege report of Donald Macdonald of the Melbourne Argus
dc.type	Article