At the turn of the 20 th century, the Boer War held all the promise of noble and heroic adventure for thousands of young ...

The Second Boer War began in 1899 in the south of Africa. It was fought between the two Boer Republics and the British Empire. The Second Boer War lasted three years and the British needed to ...

Spioenkop is one of 82 battlefields, museums, old fortifications and places of remembrance that form part of the Battlefields ...

The Spion Kop anniversary underlines the potential of heritage sites to create jobs and foster cultural and economic growth ...

History might have forgotten Private Frank Leighton Sinclair had he not sat down to write a letter from Bloemfontein in South Africa to his ... during the Boer War. "Two men accidentally shot ...

Britain waged war against Dutch settlers in South Africa and Britain asked for Canada help in the Boer War. The country was deeply divided on the issue. English Canadians believed Canada should ...