DIE STAATSARTILLERIE VAN DIE ZAR

dc.creator	O.J.O. Ferreira
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:08:50Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:08:50Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/6-2-855
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/9275ac213ae046b4b6382d8b57d62b2a
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8509
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/9275ac213ae046b4b6382d8b57d62b2a
dc.description	The eventual establishment of the Transvaal State Artillery in 1881 represents the culmination of several attempts to create an orthodox European-style force to act as a core for the burger commandos in the field. 'The Pretoria Rifle Corps' the 'Batterij Dingaan' and various volunteer 'Schutzencorps' had all enjoyed a brief existence during the 1870's. The war of 1880-81, albeit successfully concluded, indicated the need for a more permanent and professional approach to the problem. The result was that the restored South African Republic raised its own artillery and mounted police corps in 1881, along the same lines as that of the Orange Free State. Various refoms were necessary in the first years of the corps' existence and certain changes of designation occurred. Only in 1890 was the money available to pui: the education and training of the State's artillerists on a sounder basis. In 1896 a further reorganisation resulted in the Corps adopting the form in which it would enter the Anglo-Boer War. For the next three years there was a considerable expansion in the number of personnel and substantial purchases of equipment to prepare the 'Staatsartillerie' for the increasingly likely event of war. When war did break out, the 'Staatsartillerie' was immediately in the front line, distinguishing itself at the sieges of Ladysmih and Mafeking. The transition to a more mobile form of warfare in March 1900 made certain challtges necessary in the constitution of the unit however, and after Bergendal, the last pitched battle of the war, only light artillery was employed by the commandos. Personnel of the 'Staatsartillerie' thus stayed in the field until the war's end and the Treaty of Vereeniging which marked the end of the 'Staatsartillerie', as well as that of the Republic which the unit had served.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/855
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 6, Iss 2 (2012)
dc.subject	establishment of the Transvaal State Artillery
dc.subject	1881
dc.subject	The Pretoria Rifle Corps
dc.subject	Batterij Dingaan
dc.subject	Schutzencorps
dc.subject	'Staatsartillerie'
dc.subject	Anglo-Boer War
dc.subject	South African Republic
dc.subject	Military Science
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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.title	DIE STAATSARTILLERIE VAN DIE ZAR
dc.type	Article