Anglo-Boer War · Boer perspective
Commando: A Boer Journal of the Boer War
Deneys Reitz, 1929
Summary
Deneys Reitz, son of the Transvaal State Secretary, fought through the entire Anglo-Boer War from age seventeen. Written from a wartime diary, this is the finest first-person Boer account of the conflict — covering the opening campaigns, the guerrilla phase, and the final surrender with exceptional clarity and literary power. A classic of South African war literature.
Topics
Anglo-Boer War, Boer commandos, Guerrilla war, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Boer perspective
Bibliographic Information
- Author
- Deneys Reitz
- Year
- 1929
- Language(s)
- English, Afrikaans
- Period
- Anglo-Boer War
- Perspective
- Boer perspective
- Access
- Full view