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Australia's Boer War: the war in South Africa, 1899-1902
Craig Wilcox
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Frontmatter
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List of Illustrations (page IX)
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List of Maps (page XII)
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List of Tables (page XII)
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Preface (page XIII)
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I BEFORE Australia and South Africa before the war (page I)
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2 SOUND A LOUD REVEILLE The long commitment to war, December 1895-May 1900 (page 15)
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3 JOURNEY Reaching the front (page 45)
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4 COLOURING THE MAP FOR HER MAJESTY Conquering the Boer republics, October 1899-June 1900 (page 56)
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5 WAR A day on the veld (page 89)
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6 TO SCOUT FOR THE NATION Beira to the siege at Elands River, March-August 1900 (page 102)
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7 HORSES Riding and remounts (page 131)
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8 A PRETTY BIT OF FIGHTING Belfast to Wildfontein, August 1900-March 1901 (page 142)
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9 FEVER Disease and its treatment (page 175)
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10 NEW AT THE GAME Australia and the draft contingents, June 1900-August 1901 (page 184)
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11 LADIES Australian women and the war (page 222)
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12 LEAVE NO LIVING THING BEHIND YOU Biesjeslaagte to Langverwacht Hill, August 1901-June 1902 (page 233)
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13 INTERLOPER Arthur Lynch, Irish-Australian Boer (page 262)
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14 SCALLYWAGS AND BUSHWHACKERS Irregulars and the Bushveldt Carbineers affair, July 1899-May 1902 (page 269)
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15 IDENTITY Australians in the army in South Africa (page 297)
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16 RISING SUN Australia and its first expeditionary force, September 1901-July 1902 (page 310)
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17 AFTER The war's aftermath and legacy (page 344)
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APPENDIX I Maps (page 369)
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APPENDIX 2 Australians in South Africa (page 375)
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APPENDIX 3 Australian contingents in South Africa (page 389)
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Glossary and guide to pronunciation (page 414)
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Notes (page 424)
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Bibliography (page 490)
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Index (page 517)
Citable Link
Published: c2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press
- 9780195516371 (hardcover)