The Second Anglo-Boer War: An Overview

dc.creator	Fransjohan Pretorius
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:10:00Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:10:00Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/30-2-171
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/00398bd54aa849fc881eda9a94bb1b18
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/9461
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/00398bd54aa849fc881eda9a94bb1b18
dc.description	<p>Two definite phases can be discerned in the Second Anglo-Boer War of 1899 to 1902: the conventional (setpiece-battle) phase from the outbreak of the war on II October 1899 to the Battle of Dalmanutha (Bergendal) between 21 and 27 August 1900; and the guerrilla phase from September 1900 to the end of the war on 31 May 1902. However, it makes more sense to add a transitional phase, stretching from March to August 1900, which contains characteristics of both major phases. With the conventional phase we specifically mean that period when the two opposing forces were mustered against each other on the battleground and both attempted to defeat or push back the other in a direct confrontation. That is, when the opposing armies both pursued a combat strategy. The nature of the guerrilla phase - marked by a change in the Boer strategy - will be discussed below.</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/171
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 30, Iss 2 (2012)
dc.subject	Second Anglo-Boer War
dc.subject	combat strategy
dc.subject	guerrilla phase
dc.subject	a change in the Boer strategy
dc.subject	Battle of Dalmanutha (Bergendal)
dc.subject	transitional phase
dc.subject	conventional (setpiece-battle) phase
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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
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dc.title	The Second Anglo-Boer War: An Overview
dc.type	Article