Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Boers in War: The Story of the British-Boer War of 1899-1900, as Seen From the Boer Side, With a Description of the Men and Methods of the Republican Armies
In referring to the Boer army as consisting at no time Of more than thirty thousand armed men I speak'with the assurance Of being right. Mr. Douglas Story Of the London Daily Mail, Mr. Thomas F. Millard of the New York Herald, Mr. John 0. Knight Of the San Fran cisco Call, and I visited all the principal laagers and commandos on the various frontiers, and made earnest efforts to secure an accurate ac count of the number Of men engaged. We had the assistance of the war department and all the generals, but even with their help the results never exceeded thirty thousand burghers in the field.
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