DIE SOMALILAND BURGHER CONTINGENT

dc.creator	G. Genis
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:08:13Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:08:13Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/26-2-243
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/da01d814a2384618a94d62778209b194
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8049
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/da01d814a2384618a94d62778209b194
dc.description	<p>The Somaliland Burgher Contingent, consisting of Afrikaans and English speaking South Africans, was the first South African volunteer unit who fought on foreign soil. Volunteers hailed not only from South Africa but from Britain, Rhodesia, America, Ireland, Scotland, Canada and Austria as well. This truly cosmopolitan unit fought during the Third Expedition (1902-1903) in Somaliland against Mohammed Abdulle Hassan (1856-1920) - the so-called Mad Mullah. During this expedition the South Africans fought side by side with British troops of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, Indian troops and the King's African Rifles whose members consisted of Somalis, Sikhs, Sudanese and Yaos (Africans). These troops endured many hardships during the campaign: they had to march in extreme heat in thick bush country with meager rations and water. The Somaliland Burgher Contingent was involved in skirmishes with the Dervish forces of the Mullah but not in the disasters of Gumburu and Daratoleh during which two British forces were cut up. The Third Expedition was a military failure for the British and a victory for the Mullah who wanted to rid his country of the British infidel. The Mullah resisted British and Abysinian intrigues in his country until his death in 1920. Apart from the campaign, the composition, character, mobilization, demobilization and compensation of the Somaliland Burgher Contingent as well as the reasons why volunteers joined up, are discussed.</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/243
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 26, Iss 2 (2012)
dc.subject	Somaliland Burgher Contingent
dc.subject	was the first South African volunteer unit who fought on foreign soil
dc.subject	cosmopolitan unit
dc.subject	Somaliland
dc.subject	Mohammed Abdulle Hassan
dc.subject	Mad Mullah
dc.subject	Mullah resisted British and Abysinian intrigues
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	DIE SOMALILAND BURGHER CONTINGENT
dc.type	Article