The Anglo-Boer War
By Desmond Latham
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Episodes: 143
stuart
Oct 28, 2018
very interesting
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The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 saw the British Empire at the height of its power facing a small band of highly mobile Boers in South Africa. The war introduced the world to the concentration camp and is regarded as the first war of the modern era where magazine rifles, trenches and machine guns were deployed extensively. British losses topped 28 000 in a conflict that was supposed to take a few weeks but lasted three years.
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Episode 143 - Characters of the war an omnibus final edition with a great deal of Smuts
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Jun 14, 2020 |
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Episode 142 - The winners and the losers – counting the cost
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Jun 07, 2020 |
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Episode 141 - Peace!
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May 31, 2020 |
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Episode 140 - General Cronje demands a St Helena mounted guard & Peace Talks back on in Pretoria
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May 24, 2020 |
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Episode 139 - Emotions run high in Vereeniging as the Boers discuss English Peace terms
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May 17, 2020 |
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Episode 138 - The Zulu massacre Boers at Holkrantz on the eve of the Vereeniging Conference
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May 10, 2020 |
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Episode 137 -Smuts meets a ragged Louis Botha and a Boer spy loses her mind momentarily
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May 03, 2020 |
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Episode 136 - Deneys Reitz receives a record promotion and General Smuts takes a cruise to Cape Town
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Apr 26, 2020 |
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Episode 135 - General de la Rey’s Mom turns 84 & the commandos run out of pap and vleis
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Apr 19, 2020 |
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Episode 134 - Commandant Potgieter’s charge at the last battle of the Boer War, as Peace Talks begin
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Apr 12, 2020 |
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Episode 133 - Cecil John Rhodes dies and the Boers agree to Peace Talks
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Apr 05, 2020 |
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Episode 132 -The Canadians last stand at Boschbult aka Harts River & the Hague suggests peace
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Mar 29, 2020 |
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Episode 131 -The Boers blow up a blockhouse & Lord Kitchener steams into Klerksdorp
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Mar 22, 2020 |
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Episode 130 - Sniping and hand grenades in Springbok
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Mar 15, 2020 |
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Episode 129 - Lord Methuen breaks a leg before Koos de la Rey executes soldiers
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Mar 08, 2020 |
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Episode 128 -The Leliefontein Massacre & de Wet runs into British trenches
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Mar 01, 2020 |
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Episode 127 -A treacherous spy meets his Nemesis and Jan Smuts heads for the beach
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Feb 23, 2020 |
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Episode 126 - Jan Smuts makes a remarkable speech & we meet the treacherous colonial Lambert Colyn
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Feb 16, 2020 |
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Episode 125 - A sleepy blockhouse stymies Kitchener’s New Model Drive & Jan Smuts leaves Kakamas
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Feb 09, 2020 |
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Episode 124 -The incredible tale of the seven foot tall Coenraad de Buys and his independent clan
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Feb 02, 2020 |
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Episode 123 - Major Vallentin eats his last lunch & General Botha fights his last Transvaal battle
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Jan 26, 2020 |
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Episode 122 - The dishonourable ex-fiancé Karel de Kock & the Witwatersrand Rifle Regiment
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Jan 19, 2020 |
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Episode 121 - – The Kenyan Trek Boers of Eldoret & Smuts goes swimming
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Jan 12, 2020 |
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Episode 120 - Reitz meets a Swiss Family Robinson & Kitchener rethinks the Concentration Camp system
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Jan 05, 2020 |
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Episode 119 - A shoot out at Mr Guest’s farm after Deneys Reitz meets his English cousin
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Dec 29, 2019 |
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Episode 118 - Rawlinson surprises the Boers at Bethal & de Wet receives a Christmas present
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Dec 22, 2019 |
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Episode 117 - General Kritzinger is captured and Marconi sends a radio message
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Dec 14, 2019 |
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Episode 116 -The Fawcett Commission reaches a chilling conclusion
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Dec 08, 2019 |
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Episode 115 – Sarah Raal rides into a trap but the dormant General de Wet awakens
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Dec 01, 2019 |
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Episode 114 - Sarah Raal "the lady who fought" is bloody but unbowed
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Nov 24, 2019 |
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Episode 113 - We meet Sarah Raal “the lady who fought” & Reitz wakes up to the threat of khaki
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Nov 17, 2019 |
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Episode 112 - Kekewich’s bloody battle against General de la Rey where Boshof crawls to his death
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Nov 10, 2019 |
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Episode 111 - Lord Kitchener and the Brat hunt a starling while de Wet broods at Blijdskap
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Nov 03, 2019 |
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Episode 110 - General Buller flayed by the press as Botha pulverises Benson at Bakenlaagte.
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Oct 27, 2019 |
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Episode 109 - Borrius loses an eye and Smuts is forced to split his force
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Oct 20, 2019 |
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Episode 108 - The Commando laid low by "Hottentots Bread" within striking distance of Port Elizabeth
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Oct 13, 2019 |
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Episode 107 - Churchill doubts Kitchener & Colonel Scobell butchers Lotter in a sheep shed
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Oct 06, 2019 |
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Episode 106 - The 17th Lancers survived the Charge of the Light Brigade but not the Rijk Section
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Sep 29, 2019 |
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Episode 105 - General Louis Botha stumbles & sleet causes chaos for Jan Smuts
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Sep 22, 2019 |
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Episode 104 - A hunchback leads Smuts to safety & Captain Gough's fatal cavalry charge
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Sep 15, 2019 |
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Episode 103 - A porcupine causes a stampede & General Smuts makes a big mistake at Murderer's Way
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Sep 08, 2019 |
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Episode 102 - General Smuts enters the Cape and rides straight into a Basutho ambush
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Sep 01, 2019 |
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Episode 101 - De Wet’s son shot by English special forces & Jan Smuts rides into view
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Aug 25, 2019 |
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Episode 100 - “Send the Boers to Mexico” & Scheepers rides from Desolation Valley
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Aug 18, 2019 |
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Episode 99 - A Devil's Gorge, an executed priest, and the madness of Breaker Morant
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Aug 11, 2019 |
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Episode 98 - Lord Kitchener issues an exile proclamation and de Wet lays an IED
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Aug 04, 2019 |
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Episode 97 - Bandits at the Southern border
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Jul 28, 2019 |
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Episode 96 - Blundering into a British blockhouse, the Dirty Dozen break up
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Jul 21, 2019 |
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Episode 95 - A Concentration Camp Commission & Maxwell has a brush with dynamite under a skirt
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Jul 14, 2019 |
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Episode 94 - The British break a Boer code and President Steyn is forced to flee wearing a nightcap
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Jul 07, 2019 |
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Episode 93 - The ruinous war costs 1.25m pounds a week & Lord Kitchener receives a telegram
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Jun 30, 2019 |
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Episode 92 - Methods of barbarism and Magistrate Kidwell signs an oath of neutrality
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Jun 23, 2019 |
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Episode 91 - Women are caught in an artillery barrage and a deadly blizzard sweeps across the veld
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Jun 16, 2019 |
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Episode 90 - Casualties, alcohol, prostitutes and a skirmish at an overgrazed Free State farm
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Jun 09, 2019 |
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Episode 89 - Emily Hobhouse pricks English consciousness & Reitz eats pork
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Jun 02, 2019 |
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Episode 88 - Reitz chases Mustangs on the plains and Jan Smuts becomes pessimistic
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May 26, 2019 |
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Episode 87 - The sad story of Gert Bezuidenhout (12)& Deneys Reitz starts his Quixotic Cape Quest
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May 19, 2019 |
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Episode 86 - General Louis Botha grows despondent while Reitz plays cat and mouse with the English
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May 12, 2019 |
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Episode 85 - Emily Hobhouse mobilises against the "gigantic blunder" of the Concentration Camps
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May 05, 2019 |
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Episode 84 - Captain Phillipps frets about Tommy Atkins & New Zealanders learn a Maori War Cry
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Apr 28, 2019 |
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Episode 83 - Boer Secret Service Spy Johanna van Warmelo and the Petticoat Commando
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Apr 21, 2019 |
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Episode 82 - Aborigine trackers, the Great Comet Viscara and the case of Gideon Scheepers
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Apr 14, 2019 |
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Episode 81 - Black participation in the Boer War and Reitz breaks a leg
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Apr 07, 2019 |
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Episode 80- A Boer Rodeo near Swart Ruggens & General Bindon Blood makes his dashing appearance
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Mar 31, 2019 |
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Episode 79 - Reitz meets the Doppers and a wild-eyed prophet as the Gold Mines chug back to life
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Mar 24, 2019 |
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Episode 78 - American blockhouses from Cuba and the enigma that was the pro-Boer John Tengo Jabavu
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Mar 17, 2019 |
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Episode 77- Kitchener’s peace talks fail and De Wet experiences a miracle
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Mar 10, 2019 |
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Episode 76 - Labram loses his head, darkness is De Wet’s salvation & Peace Talks begin
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Mar 03, 2019 |
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Episode 75 - Cowboys, Theodore Roosevelt & Americans in the Anglo-Boer War
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Feb 24, 2019 |
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Episode 74 - Louis Botha surprises the British near Ermelo & De Wet crosses a swamp in the Karoo.
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Feb 17, 2019 |
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Episode 73 - Malperd Dies, the ACC disbands & The Great De Wet Hunt begins
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Feb 10, 2019 |
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Episode 72 - Breaker Morant, Bulala Taylor and a British Military War Crimes Court Case
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Feb 03, 2019 |
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Episode 71 - Russia’s role in the Anglo-Boer War
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Jan 27, 2019 |
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Episode 70 -Queen Victoria dies and Emily Hobhouse travels to a Concentration Camp
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Jan 20, 2019 |
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Episode 69 - The Machine called Lord Kitchener sets the veld ablaze
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Jan 13, 2019 |
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Episode 68 - Douglas Haig ditches whiskey to hunt Kritzinger and Reitz meets a Crazy Horse.
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Jan 06, 2019 |
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Episode 67 - Media censorship, portable cameras and Fake Victory propaganda.
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Dec 30, 2018 |
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Episode 66 - Lord Kitchener perfects the Concentration Camp & Boers begin shooting traitors
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Dec 23, 2018 |
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Episode 65 - Mark Twain barks at Churchill as Reitz shoots a British soldier with a dumdum
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Dec 16, 2018 |
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Episode 64 - De Wet’s flood, de la Rey's victory & Canadians shoot up a Cape Town bar
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Dec 09, 2018 |
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Episode 63 - The death of the French Colonel as Vincent van Gogh’s brother fights for the Boers.
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Dec 02, 2018 |
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Episode 62 - The honourable French Colonel Villebois-Mareuil and his personal war
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Nov 25, 2018 |
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Episode 61 - Drinking coffee in Dewetsdorp while President Kruger arrives in Marseilles
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Nov 18, 2018 |
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Episode 60 - The heroic Canadians of Lieliefontein and Boer hero General Fourie falls
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Nov 11, 2018 |
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Episode 59 - Freda Schlosberg goes home as an icy rain lashes the Canadians
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Nov 04, 2018 |
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Episode 58 - De Wet experiences a terrible misfortune as his scouts bungle
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Oct 28, 2018 |
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Episode 57 - St John Brodrick’s poisoned chalice & Jan Smuts hatches an outrageous plan
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Oct 21, 2018 |
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Episode 56 - General Knox’s waxed moustache, rowdy Australians, 500 Maoris & Lord Kitchener censors
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Oct 14, 2018 |
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Episode 55 - The Concentration Camps installed and Winston Churchill wins in Oldham
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Oct 07, 2018 |
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Episode 54- The flimsy Oath of Neutrality collapses at the start of a Southern Spring
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Sep 30, 2018 |
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Episode 53 - An IED on a Transvaal railway line & London Times Shipping Records.
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Sep 23, 2018 |
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Episode 52 - Politics in a time of war and Freda’s brother survives a storm of bullets
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Sep 16, 2018 |
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Episode 51 - The Australian view of an African war and President Kruger prepares to leave
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Sep 09, 2018 |
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Episode 50 - The Canadians repulse an attack while Uitlanders commit a war crime
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Sep 02, 2018 |
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Episode 49 - Total War destroys the ZARPS at Bergendal
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Aug 26, 2018 |
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Episode 48 - Boer emissaries find it cold in Russia while de Wet scrambles up the Magaliesberg
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Aug 19, 2018 |
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Episode 47 - General Buller reappears, Louis Botha plots and "Johnny" Hamilton bungles.
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Aug 12, 2018 |
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Episode 46 - A German is executed and the Australians hold off Koos de la Rey.
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Aug 05, 2018 |
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Episode 45 - De Wet drinks a cup of bitterness while Lord Roberts’ wife upsets Queen Victoria
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Jul 29, 2018 |
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Episode 44 - The Mist of war descends on the Dragon Mountains and de Wet fights with his brother
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Jul 22, 2018 |
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Episode 43 - General Hunter hunts de Wet and Canada loses a famous son
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Jul 15, 2018 |
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Episode 42 - Beautiful scenery please pass the ammunition
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Jul 08, 2018 |
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Episode 41 - An earthquake strikes as the Battle of Diamond Hill unfolds
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Jul 01, 2018 |
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Episode 40 - Making Lord Kitchener’s acquaintance as de Wet’s farm burns
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Jun 24, 2018 |
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Episode 39 - General Buller defeats the Boers at Allemansnek and enters the Transvaal
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Jun 17, 2018 |
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Episode 38 - Roberts marches into Pretoria but de Wet assaults Roodewal
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Jun 10, 2018 |
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Episode 37 - Johannesburg falls to the British
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Jun 03, 2018 |
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Episode 36 - The Battle of Doornkop near Johannesburg & Churchill rides a bicycle
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May 27, 2018 |
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Episode 35 - Mafeking becomes a verb
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May 20, 2018 |
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Episode 34 - Crossing the Vaal and a Finishing Touch in Mafeking
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May 13, 2018 |
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Episode 33 - Lord Roberts takes Kroonstad & the Canadians march
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May 06, 2018 |
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Episode 32 - The English swarm over South Africa
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Apr 29, 2018 |
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Episode 31 - The Battle of Sanna's Post & De Wet goes after Cape Afrikaners
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Apr 22, 2018 |
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Episode 30 - Black & White Man’s war and scouting the place of stones
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Apr 15, 2018 |
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Episode 29 - Clumsy Diplomacy fails while Baden-Powell blunders in Mafeking
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Apr 08, 2018 |
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Episode 28 - Journalists take Bloemfontein but typhoid breaks out
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Apr 01, 2018 |
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Episode 27 - Oom Paul Kruger evades capture at Poplar Grove
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Mar 25, 2018 |
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Episode 26 - Ladysmith relieved and Buller makes film history
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Mar 18, 2018 |
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Episode 25 - Hlangwane, Monte Christo and a key to unlock Ladysmith
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Mar 11, 2018 |
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Episode 24 - Cronje surrenders to Lord Roberts
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Mar 04, 2018 |
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Episode 23 - Kitchener, Cronje and the Battle of Paardeberg
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Feb 25, 2018 |
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Episode 22 - The relief of Kimberley
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Feb 18, 2018 |
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Episode 21 - Lord Roberts’ Steamroller
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Feb 11, 2018 |
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Episode 20 - The Acre of Death part 3
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Feb 04, 2018 |
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Episode 19 - The Acre of death, Spion Kop part 2
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Jan 28, 2018 |
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Episode 18 - The Acre of death – the Battle of Spion Kop part 1
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Jan 21, 2018 |
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Episode 17- The centipede approaches Spion Kop
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Jan 14, 2018 |
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Episode 16 - Winston Churchill escapes but Spion Kop looms
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Jan 07, 2018 |
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Episode 15 - Ladysmith and the Music of the Guns
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Dec 31, 2017 |
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Episode 14 - The end of Black Week
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Dec 24, 2017 |
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Episode 13 - The Battle of Colenso
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Dec 17, 2017 |
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Episode 12 - Buller, Botha, Gandhi and Colenso
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Dec 10, 2017 |
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Episode 11- Magersfontein and Black Week
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Dec 03, 2017 |
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Episode 10 - the Battle of Modder River
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Nov 28, 2017 |
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Episode 9 -Kimberley and the dreaded Rhodes
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Nov 19, 2017 |
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Episode 8 - The Boers move south and Winston Churchill is captured
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Nov 12, 2017 |
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Episode 7 - General Buller splits his force
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Nov 05, 2017 |
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Episode 6 - "Mournful Monday" as the British suffer a major defeat
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Oct 29, 2017 |
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Episode 5 - Retreat from Dundee and the siege of Mafeking and Kimberley
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Oct 22, 2017 |
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Episode 4 - Talana Hill & Elandslaagte
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Oct 15, 2017 |
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Episode 3 - Troops on the move and its war
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Oct 08, 2017 |
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Episode 2 - Negotiations Fail
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Sep 30, 2017 |
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Anglo Boer War Episode 1
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Sep 24, 2017 |