Lex Anteinternet: Boer Armies

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Sunday, December 15, 2024

Friday, December 15, 1899. British defeat at Colenso.

The British lost 1,097 men at Colenso, the their such serious loss in one week.

Boer commandos with their sights set on long range at Colenso.

Last edition:

Wednesday, December 13, 1899. British victory in the Cape Colony.

Labels: 1890s, 1899, 1910s, 1914, 1915, Boer War, British Army, Personalities, World War One

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Thursday, October 12, 1899. Battle of Kraaipan and a Homecoming in Vermont.

The Boer Potchefstroom and Lichtenburg commandos attacked and captured the British garrison and railway siding at Kraaipan between Vryburg and Mafeking.

Admiral Dewey was welcomed home to his native Vermont in what was declared as Dewey Day.

Last edition:

Wednesday October 11, 1899. The Boer War Commences.

Labels: 1890s, 1899, Boer War, British Army, British Empire, Cape Colony, Mining, Orange Free State, South African Republic (Transvaal), The Boer Republics, United Kingdom

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Wednesday, October 28, 1914. Collapsing Maritz Rebellion.

Rebel Boer units were attacked by the South African Army, forcing Boer general Christian Frederick Beyers to disperse his forces.

The Germans suspended attacks at Ypres to regroup.

Exhaustion and language difficulties frustrated a British effort at Neuve-Chapelle.

French troops held at Armentières in spite of a two day German artillery bombardment.

Last edition:

Tuesday, October 27, 1914. Massive Central Powers losses in the East.

Labels: 1910s, 1914, Austro Hungarian Army, Battle of the Vistula, boats and ships, Eastern Front, German Army, Imperial Russian Army, Royal Navy, The written word

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Monday, October 12, 1914. The trial of the Serbian conspirators.

The trial of Serbian conspirators who had worked to assassinate Archduke Ferdinand commenced. Gavrilo Princip stated:

I am a Yugoslav nationalist and I believe in unification of all South Slavs in whatever form of state and that it be free of Austria ... By means of terror.

The Germans took Ghent.

The French and British took back the Mont des Cats.

The Union of South Africa declared martial law in response to the Maritz Rebellion.

Boston won game three of the World Series.

Last edition:

Sunday October 11, 1914. Front line stabilization sets in.

Labels: 1910s, 1914, Education, French Army, German Kriegsmarine, Russian Navy, Washington, William Howard Taft, World War One

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