At the turn of the 20 th century, the Boer War held all the promise of noble and heroic adventure for thousands of young ...

Britain only had a small, though well-trained regular army. The Second Boer War lasted three years and the British needed to enlist more recruits. Many British men volunteered. During the war ...

John Norris looks at a mainstay of the British Army in WWI; the 18-Pounder field gun ...

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2012. Pp. xviii, 290. Illus., maps, notes, biblio., index. $34.95. ISBN: 0806142898. Noted British historian Spencer Jones takes a look at how disaster in the ...

As far back as the Second Boer War of 1899-1902 ... a dozen companies were commissioned to produce watches for the British military. These companies included Jaeger-LeCoultre, Longines and ...

Thousands of British troops have ... As many as 730 army vehicles and 2,600 personnel will be stationed at the Alliance’s eastern flank as the war in Ukraine nears its third anniversary in ...

The Second Boer War lasted three years and the British needed to enlist more recruits. Many British men volunteered. During the war, the British army experienced great difficulty in finding fit ...