Boer War (Bookshelf)

There were two wars in the Transvaal (South Africa) between the British and the Boers, of which the second is by far the better known. Historical accounts of the second war necessarily include some history of the first as background.

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Contents 1 First Boer War 1880-1881 1.1 Fitzpatrick, J. P. (James Percy), 1862-1931 1.2 Worsfold, W. Basil (William Basil), 1858-1939 2 Second Boer War 1899-1902 2.1 Allen, R. W. 2.2 Anonymous 2.3 Brandt, Johanna, 1877-1964 2.4 Burne, C. R. N. 2.5 Campbell, Robert Granville 2.6 Creswicke, Louis 2.7 Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916 2.8 De Wet, Christiaan Rudolf, 1854-1922 2.9 Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 2.10 Fenn, George Manville 2.11 Fisher, Sydney George, 1856-1927 2.12 Grosclaude, Étienne 2.13 Guyot, Yves, 1843-1928 2.14 Hales, A. G. 2.15 Henty, G. A. 2.16 Hillegas, Howard C. 2.17 Jacson, M. 2.18 Lowry, Edward P. 2.19 Luckhoff, August D. 2.20 Lynch, George 2.21 Mahan, Alfred T. 2.22 Makins, George Henry 2.23 Mann, Arthur M. 2.24 Moulin, Louis Eugène du 2.25 Ross, P.T 2.26 Steevens, G. W. 2.27 Thomas, C. H. 2.28 Various 2.29 Viljoen, Ben J., 1868-1917 2.30 Wilson, Sarah Isabella Augusta, 1865-1929 2.31 Worsfold, W. Basil (William Basil), 1858-1939 2.32 Young, Filson, 1876-1938

First Boer War 1880-1881

Fitzpatrick, J. P. (James Percy), 1862-1931

• The Transvaal from Within
  A Private Record of Public Affairs  (English)

Worsfold, W. Basil (William Basil), 1858-1939

• Lord Milner's Work in South Africa
  From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 

Second Boer War 1899-1902

Allen, R. W.

• From Aldershot to Pretoria
  A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa  (English)

Anonymous

• A Handbook of the Boer War
  With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans  (English)

Brandt, Johanna, 1877-1964

• The Petticoat Commando
  Boer Women in Secret Service  (English)

Burne, C. R. N.

• With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900)
  Journal of Active Service  (English)

Campbell, Robert Granville

• Neutral Rights and Obligations in the Anglo-Boer War  (English)

Creswicke, Louis

• South Africa and the Transvaal War, 6 vols

Vol 1: From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 

Vol 2: From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

• Notes of a War Correspondent  (English)

De Wet, Christiaan Rudolf, 1854-1922

• Three Years' War  (English)

Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930

• The Great Boer War  (English)
• The War in South Africa
  Its Cause and Conduct  (English)

Fenn, George Manville

• Charge!
  A Story of Briton and Boer  (English)
• The Kopje Garrison  (English)

Fisher, Sydney George, 1856-1927

• The American Revolution and the Boer War, An Open Letter to Mr. Charles Francis Adams on His Pamphlet "The Confederacy and the Transvaal"  (English)

Grosclaude, Étienne

• Une politique européenne : la France, la Russie, l'Allemagne et la guerre au Transvaal  (French)

Guyot, Yves, 1843-1928

• Boer Politics  (English)

Hales, A. G.

• Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900)
  Letters from the Front  (English)

Henty, G. A.

• The Young Colonists
  A Story of the Zulu and Boer Wars  (English)

Hillegas, Howard C.

• With the Boer Forces  (English)

Jacson, M.

• The Record of a Regiment of the Line
  Being a Regimental History of the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment during the Boer War 1899-1902  (English)

Lowry, Edward P.

• With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back  (English)

Luckhoff, August D.

• Woman's Endurance  The diary of a chaplain at Bethulie Concentration Camp. (English)

Lynch, George

• Impressions of a War Correspondent  Though not exclusively concerning the Boer war, there is some coverage of the Boer War. (English)

Mahan, Alfred T.

• Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900  (English)

Makins, George Henry

• Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre  (English)

Mann, Arthur M.

• The Boer in Peace and War  (English)

Moulin, Louis Eugène du

• Two Years on Trek
  Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa  (English)

Ross, P.T

• A Yeoman's Letters
  Third Edition 

Steevens, G. W.

• From Capetown to Ladysmith
  An Unfinished Record of the South African War  (English)

Thomas, C. H.

• Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.)
  The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked  (English)

Various

• Selected Official Documents of the South African Republic and Great Britain
  A Documentary Perspective Of The Causes Of The War In South Africa  (English)

Viljoen, Ben J., 1868-1917

• My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War  (English)

Wilson, Sarah Isabella Augusta, 1865-1929

• South African Memories
  Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time  (English)

Worsfold, W. Basil (William Basil), 1858-1939

• Lord Milner's Work in South Africa
  From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902  (English)

Young, Filson, 1876-1938

• The Relief of Mafeking
  How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900  (English)