Letters from the Veldt - The Imperial Advance to Pretoria Through the Eyes of Edward Hutton and His Brigade of Colonials

Craig Stockings

The South African War - or Boer War - running from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 -was the largest British military effort since the Napoleonic Wars.  It was also the first time that large-scale, meaningful contributions were made to an active theatre of war by the self-governing colonies. This inclu...