1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War

Second Anglo Boer War: The Concordia monument: “The men who would not march: Concordia Northern Cape: April 1902

by Wolfgang Witschas | Sep 19, 2025 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, General JC Smuts, Military History, Military Personalities, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED

Second Anglo Boer War: The Concordia Monument: “The men who would not march: Concordia Northern Cape: April 1902” SECOND ANGLO BOER WAR: THE CONCORDIA MONUMENT: “THE MEN WHO WOULD NOT MARCH: CONCORDIA NORTHERN CAPE: APRIL 1902” Compiled by...

Anglo Boer War: Boer Forces: Remembering the Foreign Volunteers No 5

by Hennie Heymans | Sep 9, 2025 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Foreign Volunteers, Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED

Anglo Boer War: Boer Forces: Remembering the Foreign Volunteers No 5 ANGLO BOER WAR: REMEMBERING THE FOREIGN VOLUNTEERS Jennifer Bosch GIUSEPPE CAMILLO PIETRO RICHIARDI (Italian by birth) At its height the Italian Scouts numbered around 200 members who with their...

Remembering the Foreign Volunteers

by Hennie Heymans | Sep 7, 2025 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Foreign Volunteers, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek Politie (Zarp)

Remembering the Foreign Volunteers REMEMBERING THE FOREIGN VOLUNTEERS – 4 Jennifer Bosch President Kruger’s Jew: Jacob Arnhold The boy was just fourteen when he first donned a cadet’s uniform in Potsdam. Jacob Arnhold, born in Leipzig in 1871, had already known...

THE IRISH VOLUNTEER MONUMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA: FROM BRIXTON JOHANNESBURG TO ORANIA NORTHERN CAPE

by Hennie Heymans | Aug 20, 2025 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Foreign Volunteers, Irish Volunteer Monument, Military History, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED

THE IRISH VOLUNTEER MONUMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA: FROM BRIXTON JOHANNESBURG TO ORANIA NORTHERN CAPE Compiled by Wolfgang Witschas Abstract The Irish Volunteer Monument in South Africa is a memorial dedicated to Irish soldiers who fought alongside the Boers in the...

ANGLO BOER WAR: REMEMBERING THE FOREIGN VOLUNTEERS (3)

by Hennie Heymans | Aug 19, 2025 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Foreign Volunteers, Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED

ANGLO BOER WAR: REMEMBERING THE FOREIGN VOLUNTEERS (3) Description In this article we remember the following foreign volunteers fought on the Boer side: Andries Smorenburg, Colonel de Villebois-Mareuil and Count Harra von Zeppelin. A short life description of each is...