Overview

As General Patton once said, The Boers? Those sons of bitches fight for the hell of it." The reputation of the Boer is not entirely unearned. At a time when South Africa was a place inhabited by the toughest of men, only those who lived in the saddle with a gun in their hands could possibly survive. Inside you will read about... ? The Creation of the Boer ? Growing Tensions ? Colley Steps In ? The End of the First War ? The Jameson Raid ? Stage One: The Boer Offensive ? Stage Two: The Empire Strikes Back ? Stage Three: Scorched Earth ? The End of the Boer Who were the Boers, and what was the conflict that would lead them into a fight to the death with England in the First and Second Anglo-Boer wars? Was this a colonial uprising? Or a freedom-fight gone horribly wrong?