The Boer Commandos or "Kommandos" were volunteer military units of guerrilla militia organized by the Boer people of South Africa. From this came the term...

the Zulu, who fought in large, complex formations. In the First Boer War, Boer commandos utilised superior marksmanship, fieldcraft, camouflage and mobility...

Second Boer War". Tactical Life Gun Magazine. Retrieved 28 August 2019. Pretorius, Fransjohan (1999). Life on Commando during the Anglo–Boer War 1899–1902...

188-mile (303 km) journey from Lydenburg back to Pretoria. A similar-sized Boer commando force, led by Francois Gerhardus Joubert, was ordered to intercept and...

Anstruther, when halted by a Boer commando group as they approached the Bronkhorstspruit, 38 miles from Pretoria. The Boer leader, Commandant Frans Joubert...

Civil War Boer Commando (from 1658), the basic unit of organisation of the militia of the Boer people of South Africa Colt CAR-15 "Commando", a short-barrel...

Africa. It evolved within the tradition of frontier warfare fought by Boer Commando (militia) forces, reinforced by the Afrikaners' historical distrust...

mounted infantry formed the basis of the Boer Commando, which was the primary organisational unit of the Boers. At the outbreak of hostilities, a superior...

river as Boer lands.: 224  Boers started settling on both sides of the Vaal river and in March 1838, Potgieter, Uys and the men of their commando provided...

Bechuanaland: for instance, in 1852, Boer commandos raided the town of Kwena, taking many prisoners, and in 1857 a Boer commandos led another raid on Batlhaping...

and security of their own communities. The Commando system existed from the 1770s. The early Boer Commando system was a conscriptive service designed...

the Second Anglo-Boer War: In the early stages of the war the majority of the foreign volunteers were obliged to join a Boer commando. Later they formed...

Scobell defeated and captured a small Boer commando led by Commandant Lötter in the Cape Colony during the Second Boer War. While General Lord Kitchener struggled...

force based on the tactics of Boer commandos, 'hit sharp and quick – then run to fight another day'; they became 'The Commandos' from then onwards. Dill,...

firm in Krugersdorp. After the outbreak of the Second Boer War in 1899, he joined the Boer commandos where he was responsible for the formation of a bicycle...

The Maritz rebellion, also known as the Boer revolt, Third Boer War, or the Five Shilling rebellion, was an armed pro-German insurrection in South Africa...

Infantry and a Boer commando. At the time, the Boers had just surrounded the city of Ladysmith, placing them under siege. With the Boers having laid Ladysmith...

battle casualties, the rest through disease), 6,000–7,000 Boer Commandos, 20,000–28,000 Boer civilians, mostly women and children due to disease in concentration...

about his experiences as a Boer soldier. His recollections were published in 1929 as Commando: A Boer Journal of the Boer War. The account is unique in...

London: John Murray. ISBN 9780719519147. Reitz, Deneys (1929). Commando: A Boer Journal of the Boer War. Faber. ISBN 0-571-08778-7. Archived from the original...

Wet's Boer commando at the hands of a force of British Mounted Infantry (MI). De Wet was one of the most successful Boer commanders of the Second Boer War...

Kommando can mean: Kommando, a German military term Boer Commando, Boer military units South African Commando System, South African military units Kommando...

Afrikaners, commemorating the Boer Commando guerillas known as Bittereinder who fought during the Second Boer War. The Second Boer War (Afrikaans: Tweede Vryheidsoorlog...

Louis Botha then assumed command of the Boers on this front. The basic Boer fighting unit was the commando, nominally consisting of all the available...

a strong patrol out to search for a small Boer unit commanded by Field-cornet Kelly, an Irish-Boer commando whose farm was in the district. Kelly had...

Second Boer War. It took place on 11 April 1902 and resulted in a victory by a British force commanded by Colonel Robert Kekewich over a Boer commando led...

Boers. Visser replied that the Boers did not intend to stay around there (Little Letaba) but were trekking to the Woodbush to join Beyers' Commando."...

part of the First Boer War, the battle for Rooihuiskraal (Afrikaans for "Red House Kraal") took place in 1881 here. A Boer commando under the leadership...

African Territorial Reserve. The Krugersdorp Commando, was formed in 1898 as part of the Boer Commando. Commanders from Krugersdorp were Sarel Oosthuizen...

forging of the South African Republic, leading its commandos and resolving disputes between the rival Boer leaders and factions. In 1863 he was elected Commandant-General...