The Anglo-Boer War
A podcast by Desmond Latham
143 Episodes
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Episode 23 - Kitchener, Cronje and the Battle of Paardeberg
Published: 2/25/2018 -
Episode 22 - The relief of Kimberley
Published: 2/18/2018 -
Episode 21 - Lord Roberts’ Steamroller
Published: 2/11/2018 -
Episode 20 - The Acre of Death part 3
Published: 2/4/2018 -
Episode 19 - The Acre of death, Spion Kop part 2
Published: 1/28/2018 -
Episode 18 - The Acre of death – the Battle of Spion Kop part 1
Published: 1/21/2018 -
Episode 17- The centipede approaches Spion Kop
Published: 1/14/2018 -
Episode 16 - Winston Churchill escapes but Spion Kop looms
Published: 1/7/2018 -
Episode 15 - Ladysmith and the Music of the Guns
Published: 12/31/2017 -
Episode 14 - The end of Black Week
Published: 12/24/2017 -
Episode 13 - The Battle of Colenso
Published: 12/17/2017 -
Episode 12 - Buller, Botha, Gandhi and Colenso
Published: 12/10/2017 -
Episode 11- Magersfontein and Black Week
Published: 12/3/2017 -
Episode 10 - the Battle of Modder River
Published: 11/28/2017 -
Episode 9 -Kimberley and the dreaded Rhodes
Published: 11/19/2017 -
Episode 8 - The Boers move south and Winston Churchill is captured
Published: 11/12/2017 -
Episode 7 - General Buller splits his force
Published: 11/5/2017 -
Episode 6 - "Mournful Monday" as the British suffer a major defeat
Published: 10/29/2017 -
Episode 5 - Retreat from Dundee and the siege of Mafeking and Kimberley
Published: 10/22/2017 -
Episode 4 - Talana Hill & Elandslaagte
Published: 10/15/2017
The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 saw the British Empire at the height of its power facing a small band of highly mobile Boers in South Africa. The war introduced the world to the concentration camp and is regarded as the first war of the modern era where magazine rifles, trenches and machine guns were deployed extensively. British losses topped 28 000 in a conflict that was supposed to take a few weeks but lasted three years.