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The article discusses warnings to the British military establishment predicting military offensives in Europe issued by financier Jan Bloch, later known as Jean de Bloch, prior to the commencement of World War I. According to the article, Bloch's predictions were presented to the British Royal United Service Institution (RUSI) on June 24, 1901. His observations and predictions were also published in his 1898 book entitled "The War of the Future in its Technical, Economic, and Political Relations." The article discuses Bloch's concerns of war between France and Germany, the increased range of military ordnance, and the use of artillery. According to the article, Bloch pointed to the Boer War to illustrate his predictions and concerns.

The article discusses why the Boer War of 1899-1902 was a period of sustained and spontaneous creation of folk art, one of the most productive and creative times in the cultural history of the Afrikaner. When the Boer War ended on May 31, 1902, more than 20,000 Boer prisoners of war had to be repatriated from various camps in the British Empire. This process lasted until 1903 and some hardliners in India who refused to return to a British South Africa returned even later, while others never did. Exhibitions of the arts of the prisoners of war were sometimes held at Colombo on Ceylon and at Jamestown on Saint Helena, where the quality of the articles was greatly praised.

Recalls the effects of Anglo-Boer War to the Zulu people between the South African Republic and the Orange Free State Republic in Great Britain. Details on their war in December 1838; Scope of the authority of the Zulu king; Implications of the annexation of Transvaal by Great Britain in 1877.

Traces how the 1899 Anglo-Boer War's defeat by Great Britain during became the crucible of an Afikaner nationalism. Background on the war; Presentation of Gustav Prellar in South African historical literature; Religious element in the Afrikan's rendition of the war; Reason for the decline of the war as a historical marker in Afrikaner nationalist consciousness in the decades after 1940s.

Discusses the impact of the Boer War. Explanation of the pro-Boer viewpoint; Criticisms on the Boer War; Consequences and benefits.

Presents information on the Boer War, also known as the South African War from 1899 to 1902. Cost of the war in terms of economic and human losses; Overview of the military history of the war; List of literature on the war.

Details the visit made by British editor and pro-Boer W.T. Stead to South Africa in 1913. Reason for the visit; Proposal of Stead to establish a historical commission to investigate the Boer War; Controversy on the speech made by Stead during his visit; His views on his accomplishment during his South African visit.

Narrates the experience of Charles Moses, an English-born clerk, during the Anglo-Boer War. Background of Moses; Biased reporting of casualty figures during the war; Scorched-earth policy of Great Britain.

The Territorial Force, as it was originally called, owed its origins to the profound shock of early defeats in the South African War. A sweeping series of military reforms was to include the existing auxiliary home defence forces of militia, yeomanry and volunteers. All had contributed to the war effort but, unjustly, criticism had been levelled at their performance. Successive Unionist Secretaries of State for War failed to get reform plans through the House of Commons, and many thought that their Liberal successor, Richard Burdon Haldane, would also fail, despite the large Liberal majority returned in the 1906 election. In the event, Haldane was to succeed. He suggested later that his reforms were driven by the desire to ready Britain for the great continental war he foresaw, but reform was actually determined by the need for economic retrenchment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the nineteenth century Britain was involved in two wars with the Dutch settlers of southern Africa. Known as Boers (farmers) they had achieved some degree of autonomy after the First Boer War (1880-81) but their struggle for independence became even more intense after the discovery of gold in the Transvaal in 1886. This led to a massive influx of (mainly British) immigrants known as Uitlanders ('outsiders') to whom the Boers denied many civil rights. After appealing to Britain for support 10,000 troops were sent to the neighbouring British colony of Natal to help the Uitlanders. As a result the allied Boer leaders — President Kruger of the Transvaal and President Steyn of the Orange Free State — declared war in October 1899, attacked Natal and laid siege to the key British garrisons at Mafeking, Ladysmith and Kimberley. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discusses how the cemetery of the nearly 200 Boer soldiers who died on the British outpost at St. Helena as prisoners of war were visited and honoured in June, 1991 by a South African Navy vessel. Visit to the site by a representative from South Africa's National Monuments Council, Maritia Badenhorst, who accompanied the logistic support vessel `SAS Drakensberg' on its South Atlantic voyage to renovate the Boer cemetery; Brief history of the Boer War; Renovations done.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to an item in the Historical Calendar of Commonwealth History section in the May 1951 issue about the 1902 Treaty of Vereeniging, the peace treaty that ended the Second Boer War.

Several letters to the editor are presented including one in response to the article "Paris Peace Discord" by Hugh Purcell in the July 2009 issue, one in response to the article "A Fight for the Future" in the October 2009 issue, and one in response to the article "Return of the Fallen" by Nick Hewitt in the September 2009 issue.

Focuses on the May 16-17, 1900 relief of the siege of the town of Mafeking, South Africa where the British garrison commanded by Colonel Robert Baden-Powell was surrounded by a Boer force since October 1899. Reasons why the siege was in the news; Baden-Powell's efforts to conserve supplies for his fighting men; Details on the British relieving force under Colonel B.T. Mahon.