A compromise was reached and Canada agreed to send volunteers to serve under British command in the Boer War. It represented the first large group of Canadian soldiers to serve overseas.

Britain only had a small, though well-trained regular army. The Second Boer War lasted three years and the British needed to enlist more recruits. Many British men volunteered. During the war ...

Mr Bond sailed aboard the Surrey with the 1st Australian Horse ... from the same area – both Yuin – to serve in the Boer War. And these two men are the only two I've found written ...

The Second Boer War began in 1899 in the south of Africa. It was fought between the two Boer Republics and the British Empire. The Second Boer War lasted three years and the British needed to ...