Talk:Second Boer War
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Hi,GNU is for the best of whom ? and who ? and who's the problem and why it must be governable by wiser mindsets to move south africa foward , not for those want or need civil war to repeat with its decreases.Amooketsi are you care or you don't care?. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.114.245.188 (talk) 14:01, 15 September 2024 (UTC)
Field Commander
I can't change links but the link to "Field Commander" in the war crimes tab is linked to the video game "Field Commander" instead of the rank or the position of field commander. 193.180.104.91 (talk) 07:49, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
Factually INCORRECT
The war was between The Republics of Transvaal , Orange Free State vs The Brits ... the name south africa only became in use circa 1908-1910 41.144.105.106 (talk) 06:43, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
- If that's the case, then explain the use of the term South Africa in accounts dating as far back as 1896?
- Source:
- https://www.angloboerwar.com/images/pdf/TransvaalCrisis1896.pdf PrivateRyan44 (talk) 01:57, 20 September 2025 (UTC)
Sources for other articles
I would like to simply inform all of my fellow editors of some reliable sources for them to use when editing both this article and other articles on this topic, as well as creating articles of battles not yet indexed in this encyclopedia.
- Frederick Maurice, A History of the War in South Africa (1899-1902)
- L.S. Amery - Times History of the War
- Winston L.S. Churchill - London to Ladysmith via Pretoria
- Winston L.S. Churchill - Ian Hamilton's March
- Arthur Conan Doyle - The Great Boer War (final edition)
- Ernest Nathaniel Bennett - With Methuen's Column on an Ambulance Wagon
- Louis Cresewicke - South Africa & the Transvaal War
All of these can be found on Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, and the Anglo-Boer War forum; scanned copies and digitized versions are available for both. PrivateRyan44 (talk) 01:51, 20 September 2025 (UTC)