Anglo Boer War Books

Military books on the Boer War including Osprey Campaign books of the battle of Colenso, books on the Relief of Ladysmith, battle of Spioenkop and books on the Natal Campaign, available from Cranston Fine Arts. A secure order form is available on this link: secure order form
Colenso 1899 The Boer War in Natal General Buller's campaign in Natal in 1899, and the defeats at Colenso and Spioenkop, mark a turning point in British military history. The army that had won and policed a great empire was humbled by a militia composed of South African frontier farmers - the Boers. Ian Knight sets the battles in context, and explains the failure of a professional army, skilled in the fighting techniques of the nineteenth century, when faced with an enemy whose weapons and tactics foreshadowed the warfare of the twentieth. Book price £12.99 Post: For UK £3 For Europe £6.00 Rest of World £9.00 To order your copy: secure order form	To see over 30 military art prints of the Boer War go to Boer War art page
*Majuba 1881, The Hill of Destiny by Ian Castle* In 1881 the tension between Britain and the Boer farmers of Southern Africa that had existed for 75 years boiled over into open conflict. The British entered the war full of confidence, yet in a few short weeks they had suffered three separate reverses before enduring their final humiliating defeat on the isolated summit of Majuba. George Colley's force were swept off their 'unassailable' position and into headlong retreat. It was a defeat that sent shock waves reverberating around the Empire. Book price £12.99 Book serial number Osprey 45 Post: For UK £3 (max post for multiple books £6). For Europe £6.00 Rest of World £9.00 To order your copy: secure order form