Story of the War in South Africa: 1899-1900

Excerpt from The Story of the War in South Africa, 1899-1900
The war in South Africa has been no exception to the general rule that the origin of current events is to be sought in the history of the past, and their present course to be understood by an appreciation of existing conditions, which decisively control it This is especially true of the matter here before us; because the southern extreme of Africa, like to that of the American continent, has heretof... >Voir plus