A FRENCH VOLUTEER IN THE RANKS OF THE BOERS

dc.creator	C. De Jongh
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:09:34Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:09:34Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/6-4-843
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/30d5427171244115bf454101f420a546
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/9107
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/30d5427171244115bf454101f420a546
dc.description	Towards the end of 1899, at twenty years of age,2 Robert de Kersauson left for South Africa to enlist in the forces of the two South African republics. In May 1902, when peace was signed in Pretoria, he was still under arms and prepared for war. He never joined the foreign volunteer corps but was attached to a commando and had become a real Boer. He spoke the language of his comrades fluently and had completely adjusted himself to their way of living and fighting. He had participated in the campaign in the Transvaal,3 thereafter in that in the Orange Free State! and early in 1901 he entered the Cape Colony under Commandant Jan Theron.s In the western part of the Colony he continued fighting, under General Manie Maritz and the Commander- in-Chief, Jan Smuts, until the hour when the news of the Boer surrender came to cause shock and dismay in the small army which had until then fought victoriously.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/843
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 6, Iss 4 (2012)
dc.subject	Robert de Kersauson
dc.subject	South African republics
dc.subject	May 1902
dc.subject	foreign volunteer corps
dc.subject	Commandant Jan Theron
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	A FRENCH VOLUTEER IN THE RANKS OF THE BOERS
dc.type	Article