Major Battles in the Anglo Boer War 🇿🇦 South African History
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- Explore the major battles of the Anglo Boer War in this insightful video on South African history. Get an inside look at the key events that shaped this significant conflict.
Step into the annals of history as we delve into a riveting exploration of the pivotal battles that indelibly shaped the course of the Anglo Boer War's military saga. This compelling documentary unveils the grim realities and intense struggles of a war that left an indelible mark on South African history.
Narrated through the lens of a war correspondent's report, we journey back to the tumultuous years of 1899 to 1902, a time of fierce conflict between the British Empire and two Boer states, as they contested Britain's influence in the expansive canvas of South Africa. Among the bloodiest battles of this war, we delve into the gripping narratives that unfolded on the battlefields, each marked by valour, strategy, and the irrevocable toll of warfare.
Immerse yourself in the stories that unfolded amidst the chaos and uncertainty, where nations clashed and destinies were rewritten. As the echoes of history resonate, we pay tribute to the war correspondents who bore witness to the battles, shedding light on the intense struggles that defined an era.
Winston Churchill, a renowned figure of history, stands as a testament to this era's complexity, serving as a war correspondent for the Morning Post. His firsthand experience of the war's brutality, including his capture by the Boers near Ladysmith, paints a vivid picture of the challenges faced by those who chronicled history in the making.
The documentary masterfully intertwines historical accounts with battle reenactments, breathing life into the narratives that have shaped nations. It's an invitation to witness history unfold, to grasp the profound impact of these battles on the trajectory of South African history.
Produced by Tekweni Media, this production serves as a poignant reminder of the sacrifices, triumphs, and complexities that defined an era. Join us as we traverse the pages of history, reliving the echoes of battles that have left an indelible mark on the landscape of human experience.
CHAPTERS
1. War declared between Boers and British 00:00:24
2. Deneys Reitz author of ‘Commando’ 00:00:47
3. Boers cross the Buffalo River into Natal 00:01:06
4. Colonel Baden-Powell 00:01:26
5. Boers advance on Mafeking 00:01:30
6. Boers in force around Dundee 00:01:39
7. Battle of Talana 00:02:08
8. Death of Maj. General W. Penn-Symons 00:02:58
9. Major General French 00:03:45
10. Battle of Elandslaagte 00:04:11
11. Long Tom Canon 00:04:58
12. Siege of Ladysmith 00:05:27
13. War correspondent Winston Churchill 00:05:34
14. Mahatma Gandhi stretcher bearer 00:05:36
15. Armoured train captured by Boers 00:06:22
16. Capture of Winston Churchill 00:06:49
17. Battle of Willow Grange 00:07:42
18. General Buller - Battle of Colenso 00:08:15
19. General Botha 00:08:26
20. Lieutenant F. Roberts mortally wounded 00:09:02
21. General White 00:09:35
22. Battle of Spion Kop 00:09:49
23. Graves at Spion Kop 00:11:08
24. Battle of Valkrans 00:11:38
25. Churchill reports in the Morning Post 00:11:59
26. Battle of Wagon Hill 00:12:30
27. Battle of Tugela Heights 00:13:38
28. Relief of Ladysmtith 00:14:35
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Commando, by Deneys Reitz. Excellent account of the Anglo Boer War. Highly recommended.
My grandfather was a British soldier at Ladismith. He got a bullet in his lungs, was expected to die, but survived. He stayed on in South Africa, married my granny and had a clothing shop in Simonstown where he was the mayor for a while.
Really interesting stuff. My Great-Grandfather was at the Defence of Ladysmith and came home with a box he made from the wreckage of the train Winston was captured from.
Do you still have it??? if so, can you share picture of it?
I do, although not sure how to share the picture here. I'll try think of something
@@Metal00m how about posting a link?
All these poor people (Boers and British soldiers) died to make Cecil Rhodes ans DeBeers rich
You are so right and a most sensible comment.
and now try to find out which day of the week they celebrate their god!
and you have the explanation for all and every war on the world by now........goin back many centuries!!!
No sympathy for the British soldiers
I thank you.
War is big business.
Just now am I finally learning about this History
Educated you will be.
Foot Soldier a man of culture
*czcams.com/video/W8jitGtA1x4/video.html* will be good
I see so many similarities between the boer farmers and the farmers here in the U.S.A. that fought against the federal government in the American Civil War
Miners in the Battle of Blair Mountain as well.
I see the U.S. REVOLUTIONARY WAR SND THE BOER WAR
Exactly right, spot one. Very similar. I love Johny Horton's "Battle of New Orleans" here on you tube. So very accurate. We as you destroyed the myth that was the Brit army.
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Congratulations on a very well made documentary!
6:36 I love how smooth the action was
That's the Lee Enfield action for you, no others seem to match it.
A good book in this subject is : Goodby Dolly Grey, by kruger. There are many more books on the subject. Also read 'Commando' by Denys Reitz
Indeed a very good reading of the AB war!
Idont know anything about the Boer war but as an American I wish the Boers won
An excellent documentary, with some great views of the battlefields and reenactments. Which museum was used in the video?
If you are really interested in The Boer War then you should read Thomas Pakenham's book - The Boer War.
Colin Edwards yes indeed
The recognized author active account of this conflict
Also "Rags and Glory" by Coetze
One of my favorites.
I have owned a copy of Pakenham’s book for a decade now: it was recommended to me as THE definitive work on the subject, and I certainly agree that it’s excellent. I am not familiar with the other suggested texts here, but I’m keen to check them out, especially as I have a lot of time on my hands just at the moment...
"Goodbye Dolly Grey" by Rayne Kruger is almost as good and is balanced, IMO." I can't find my copy just now but it's around.
My dad Use to Talk about this / Good to see this Doco on it.
Great sound quality from the reenactments.
gerat show, great production. love the history lesson
One of the results of this war was that public in the Netherlands, and also politics, became anti Britain. 14 years after the war there was no support from the Netherlands to help Great Britain during ww.1 as a result of this. Of course the queen of the Netherlands was also close family of the “ kaiser” of Germany. That is why he went in exil in holland in 1918, finally died there.
I could never figure out why South Africans fought and died for the British in either world war. I would not have fought for the Germans but neither would I have fought for the British.
@@johnritchie4801 Very few Boers did and we were not compelled to. We even had a rebellion during the ww1 to rebel against the Brits and tried to get our freedom back.
@@johnritchie4801 Very true, one sensible comment. Particularly for the first world soon after the Boer war. It would be like Germans asking the Jews to fight for them in a third world war.
@Rob You mean the freedom they always and do have. You must mean the independent homeland states that they always had. They were never joined and constantly engaged in war with their neighbours. We preserved those homelands of the different black tribes for them, you talking about those? They never could and never will live in peace. Civil war coming.
@@davethorstry6700 Hi dave nice to know there is some one that talk out of the common sense hand book thanks alot i could have not said it better
Excellent! Thanks.
As with all wars, the first victim of war is truth, correspondents are only permitted if they promote the cause of those permitting them.
Exactly! To the victor the spoils and HE writes the history, twisted, exaggerated and embellished to suit his narrative.
Churchill stated many years later that the truth needs to be surrounded by a bodyguard of lies.
@@anthonywilson7304 True, many Boer war books I think were written by people promoting brit lies, embellishments and distortions.
I should mention that IT WAS NOT the first media war. At best one could state the crimean war was the first media war thanks to the cables to Britain. But even then the Napoleonic wars was very much a media war as well, the Naval chronicles was a massive thing and people were heavily praised for actions. Most wars could he seen as a media war.... so i have no idea wtf he is going on about.
1 First in the 20th century, first on that scale, news correspondents from all over the world, far greater coverage, far greater exposure, far more use of media.
@3:30
Poor chap was shot like an unsuspecting game animal, although, he had much more.of a chance.
Amazing what hunters and sports shooters accomplished to defend their homes and loved ones.
A brutal, wicked and inhumane plan which finally defeated them.
Love the lee Enfield 3 and 4s. A for effort though guys 👍
Although they had not been designed at the time.But quite a lot of Longs in the re-enactment.
It was the same years when the Americans fought the Filipinos against their Independence for freedom.
No kidding, freed you from Spanish only to occupy their palaces...SHAME ON US!
Alah-Eh Batangueno no one asked
@@MS-gr2nv shut up
@@virgil9303 they aren't wrong
Interesting to see the 'Boers' firing No 4 Enfields. :-)
No 4's weren't around until WW2.They were .303 Lee Metfords.
The Boers mainly used Mauser rifles supplied by Germany.
To be fair the Lee Metford and No 1 mk 1 are relatively rare rifles today.
Edited for typo
One Lone Celt they most likely re made them and made it fake since you’d need an license to have those type of guns
The Boers actually had quite a few Lee Metfords that they recovered from battlefields and British prisoners.
Also please tell about the concentration camps wherein more than 25,000 boer (majority of children) were systematically killed. As you always show in any WW2 documentary.
Also 40,000 Black farm workers who did nothing more than remain loyal to the Boer. They were systematically starved to death in SEPERATE APARTHEID Brit extermination camps.
He does talk about it a lot in the South Africa 20th Century documentary, I think this video is just specifically focused on battles
@@davethorstry6700the boers killed far more black people
" They" don't like when you point out the truth
Ladysmith prepared!
I bet she was.
Ladysmith relived!
I bet she is.
LOL!
This Documentary if one could call it one, shows a lot of anti Boer sentiment...And some facts were completely wrong. And given the title of this Documentary and they dont even talk about Magersfontein? This was truely a poor attempt at making the Boers look bad
Spot on. Their base savage brutal genocide can never be excuse with such pathetic transparent attempts.
So bad and patendly transparent.
I think this narrator is better suited to be a dentist. hahahahaha
I find it strange that Gandi was mention as at that time he was a nobody. Also, the mention of some obscure Zulu policeman just doing what was done uncountable times by normal soldiers shows you just how the Boer War has been watered down and History changed to suite the modern narative. Nothing gets mentioned about the Russians, Americans and Irish that fought on the side of the hated Boer. I expect some time in the future the Boers wont fearure at all but how the other people fought the British for their independence from Britian. Doesn't it really make your beer sour how History is changed?
They say this is the golden age and gold is reason for the wars we rage
Cool re-enactments. Though the spotlessly clean khakis and nurses uniforms are rather amusing. Greetings from the former Australian Territory of Papua New Guinea.
The finest read on this subject is called " To The Bitter End" by a SA surgeon who was present when some kiddies found and exploded a British 6pdr pom pom shell in a school playground... 1970's
Shame on us.(Camps & Women/Children we should have on our heart.)
Thanks John
run with that the next 300 something years on your back........we do!
from a free will from a opressed land by your banksters.
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were the battle reenactments filmed in south Africa ?
Steve WW1 Yes they were filmed in KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa where many of the major Anglo Boer War battles took place.
@Owen on the southern part of the moon ,no doubt .
@@tugadmundo Where you live no doubt
Battle between Coralie&Koleda🇳🇱/🇿🇦 and Torcche🇬🇧 ancestors.
Probably would have happened eventually, but the British hasten the conflict with the Boers when they without just cause gave the Zulus an unrealistic ultimatum that resulted in the Zulu war. Though the Brits won, they paid a heavy price, and more specifically, created a power vacuum for the Boers to take over the defeated Zulu's territory. War. War never ends. One stops, and another begins.
Boers took over Zulus territory that the brits had invaded on a whim?
Nonsense Boers did not take over Zulu territory.
Brits invaded and subjugated Zulus, which the Boers did NOT do when they had conquered the Zulus in 1838 but instead became allies. They never occupied Zululand. Note that as soon as the brits had beaten and subjugated the Xhosa people in 1879, the Brits then invaded Zululand for no valid reason other than to destroy the allegiance between Boers and Zulus in preparation of their first Boer war attempt. They were that afraid of both Boer and Zulu. After the vile attack on the Zulu's they spent the next eighteen months preparing for the first Boer war. Divide and conquer. It took the Boers less time to defeat the Brits in the first Boer war, than it took the Brits to defeat the Zulus. Then between the first and second Boer war - Brits created a further division between Boer and Zulu while at the same time gathering, organizing the biggest army to leave England to date, along with all their subjugated colonial bully boys among which was the scum mordant and his ruthless murdering bands. A half million man army to fight at the best forty five thousand untrained, poorly equipped/self supplied farmers (Boers) of which many were boys as young as fourteen and men in their eighties. Only by cruelest genocide of Boer's families in their extermination camps were Brits able to bring the Boers to the treaty of Vereeniging to end the war. What the Ukrainians have and are enduring at the hands of the russians, Boers endured for three terrible years.
Things had settled down after the first war in 1881 then gold was discovered in the Transvaal and the British had to take that too.
War mongers then and now.
I see rifle No.4s and SMLE Mk. III. This is an epic battle of future soldiers vs boers, which some of them seem to carry Kar98ks.
They can't be that accurate as the Boer war is Not a widely reenacted topic compared to things like World War 2 and the American Civil War here in the states
@@eshaanbidarakoppa5738 Correct. A lot of Metfords and MLEs are either converted into different types or sold to other nations that are less developed to produce the most modern firearms. I am a big fan of the Franco Prussian war, but have hard access to find a Chassepot rifle because there are only 2 million made in the world, most are converted into a metallic cartridge version of the Chassepot, the Gras.
Boers used 7 mm dwm mausers,the rifle was also used by the spanish against american troops in cuba.
@@eshaanbidarakoppa5738 The Boer war is neglected as the brits wanted to forget it as quick as possible. It is very embarrassing and humiliating to them. They were exposed as a myth. Also depraved war mongering psychopaths. Just as they were in the American war of independence.
@@eshaanbidarakoppa5738 It is avoided and ignored like poison it is that embarrassing for them.
Now the black population of South Africa is slowly but surely ousting all the white inhabitants.
yup. thanks. Kiss the Boer 😘
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@morton christie you sure about that? what are you a geographical historian? are you south african?
@Richard Carpenter I think he can speak for himself... unless your his father or something? and your just saying he's correct without quantifying the demographic historical borders and differences between Western Cape, Limpopo, Kwazulu Natal etc.... You sure about your "no bantus in the WHOLE of South Africa before Jan Van Reebek" hypothesis? Or would you at least be a little intellectually honest and say "parts of South Africa" like Western Cape. Thats if you have the integrity to be intellectually honest.
@Richard Carpenter Buddy how are your reading and comprehension skills so poor? What kind of school did you go to? Are you not able to intelligently lay out a argument with cited facts including delinations between different geographical regions of SA instead of just saying "South Africa was..." its like Americans who say "In Africa" like its one country.
Dude just be intellectually honest. If your South African (which with your responses im now beginning to assume your not) you'd know about the history of the Voor Trek. What happened when they reached further inland. Did they find no one? Or I guess by your logic all those battles with the Nguni people were phantom apparitions. so what is it? was the Voor Trek 1. a glorious uphill battle in Afrikaans history battling, negotiating and settling with Nguni bantu peoples who they meet along the way- or was it 2. a non inhabited land that they settled with NO struggles along the way and they just landed and settled without a hitch negating the (and I personally think and agree with) great achievement of the original Afrikaans settlers?
You can't have both stories be true at the same time. The honest truth minus the modern Afrikaans propaganda and the equally dishonest Bantu Propaganda is both cultures meet, fought and settled the lands more or less at the same time in history. The Zulus moving south- Voor Trek North. So neither has more of a claim to the land than the other. That doesn't include the Western cape which was uninhabited by Nguni people so Whites have full claim to that legitimately, like wise Limpopo area which the Nguni people has been there ling before the whites.
@@TheDiasporaMedia LOL....that's not what they say....
this needs much more explication
I wish he'd trim that lamp properly!
some Zulu guy told me that the dutch fought alongside the Zulus.
When the war started, the british and boers agreed, that it will be a "white man's war" then the british appointed zulus in their army's, so them some zulus fought along side the boere
@@tristanoosthuizen5676 so both the British and Dutch had black people in their armies?
@@io_inc yes
@@io_inc yes the Boere had more support of the xhosas and the british more of the zulus. The zulus weren't with the boere cause you know, Bloodriver and all that businesses... But there zulus aswell that fought with the boere
@@tristanoosthuizen5676 So they stood together just stand against each during apartheid, a heavy lesson I've learn today.
There is a town in Quebec named Ladysmith.
in B.C too
some strong women life there, isn't it!?
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You had me until first media war.
Winston Churchill was lucky to survive.
VIVA BURS!
So, us dutch captured winston churchill....he made it out alive, to defeat Hitler years later....lol
Was this a show?
Judging from the quality, it looks like it was a doc made either in the 90's or early 2000's
Wouldn't Papua New Guinea and Guadalcanal in WWII beat both Boer and Fakland's Wars for south of the Equator? Or were you speaking of strictly British Commonwealth?
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Churchill war the boer cowboys long meatle rifel periscope rifels cannon and machine gun
Those Boer farmers were all crack shots with their 7mm Mausers
The boer cowboys her rifels periscope,small short, black rifel,
Can't believe the Zulus,
EN ESTA GURRA PARTICIPO WINSTON CHURCHILL A LOS 20 AÑOS LUEGO SE DEDICARÍA A LA POLÍTICA .
There wore actually two Boer wars, in case any one's forgotten. Clearly the Brits don't take losses very well. O so victoriously the red coats wore slain in that first one. So what do you do? You build concentration camps to put the women and children of the enemy in. And call up on the rest of the empire to end the war for once and for all.
Boers where shredding everyone but then they lost their aimbot
The British learnt an extremely tough lesson as did the Americans in Vietnam and the Russians in Afghanistan Guerrilla warfare can have a huge impact on a modern well disciplined well equipped army. The British army misunderstood the concept when taking on the American colonists during the revolutionary war.
From U.K. On the American war of independence, never forget that the U.K. was also at war with Spain, France, Holland and India. Then also that the colonists had huge support here in the North of England. My home town of Rotherham built a monument that still dominates the town. A monument to the Boston Tea Party.
Concentration camps in SA were built at the end of the war. Some Boers refused to stop fighting. They were being fed from boer farms. So the farms were destroyed and the people mostly women and children were placed in camps and fed. They were not meant to be death camps. But that was the effect of concentrating so many people in the South African climate. It was incompetence not a planned action. It caused a major scandal in London. Volunteer Nurses were sent to help, but too late for many. But no augment, all those deaths left a sense of shame here.
The Brits brought in the Aussie bushman commandos who did the job
Well said
the tide turned for the boers when canadian indian australian and new zealand troops came to help the brits these troops were farmers and hunters like the boers who were crack shots as well, also one of the first war crimes when australian troops executed some boer prisioners
The American Civil War was the first media war. Mistake in the first paragraph of the vid. Made me click off
Humble Trekker Boars war was the 1st movie film war.
that one mistake means you wont even watch the video rather pathetic
@@afriendlycadian9857 his choice
Hah jokes on you, first media war was the Crimea
Media wars have been happening since at least the 30 hears war, when the print and press was widely used. The Napoleonic wars were quite heavy on media too.
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We caught them and shot them under rule .303...
The Breaker, British born of course. Would Aussies do this lol.
A very brave man indeed. Takes huge courage to shoot POW's and unarmed civilians.
@@mazambane286 That is not all he did.
@@mazambane286 He was a remittance man and already a serial criminal in his adopted Australia.
Only when they outnumbered us fourteen to one, the rest of the time they ran like rabbits.
You talk about the SECOND anglo boer war, in the first you british had your asses handed back to you
To bad the British didn’t win these wars otherwise in the 1960s Britain would have gave South Africa its independence like other colony’s in Africa. Indigenous Natives would have had all their lands and properties returned, unlike nowadays where white colonialists still hold all the stolen wealth.
LOL
@@MS-gr2nv Yes. so they could sink the country far faster than they have done now. How about you give every country all over the world, your empire, you know the one the sun never sets on, ALL that you stole from them to prop up your tiny bankrupt island. You know, like the Elgin marbles and the latest the Indians want their diamond back and so much more! Not to mention the wealth gathered on the backs of slaves!
Whats more you obviously have no clue of SA history and lands, other than the propaganda that has been pumped into your farmed brain.
🇬🇧 vs 🇿🇦
it takes whole beitish army to take down that
The " British" seem to have " Certain" names hmmm... 👃
Gettin to see what happened to me great grest grandad died for a nation that wasent his SCOUSE NOT ENGLISH YNWA
Another KAK one eyed documentary
Mandela day...
mandela se poes
Mandela .... a proud member of the South African communist party, until his dying day. And the world adores him. Go figure.
@@marcgardiner6278 one wonders why people love the queen and her demeaning monarchy, and her england and her slaverys settlers, i wonder why. Mandela was the victim of the English in his own country and not the reverse.
Yeah, he got his, and now is answering.
@@louiscifer5438 And where is mandela's country exactly?
I have read a lot of the take over of Aferica by the English and like in America they toke no prisnors they killed my ancestors off whole sale and the offered bounties on our scalps real christians
Kitchener trained the Nazi's how to treat POW's
Anglos dying for Jews as usual...
No Jews here so guess you will have to blame someone else bummer 🤣
No jews in media, in movies, tv, banking....nothing to see here....move along....LOL
@@phred.phlintstone Prominent manipulators they were.
Zoeloe traitors!!!