Robert Walker Davis

“ It had gone into the war an efficient, hardened, "nineteenth" century machine. That sort of machine simply couldn't cope with Boer rifles, backed by the amazing Boer marksmanship. As the Cuban imbroglio put new life into the Army of the United States, the South African business rejuvenated, in every sense of the word, the British Army. The Spaniards and the Boers, therefore, at the turn of the century, played a great part in the defeat of the superb German Army of 1914-1918. ”

“ Winston Churchill was also there, and suffered the indignity of being captured by the Boers. On the South African side, Jan Christian Smuts, with a great future ahead of him, played an active part in the Boer campaigns. The British Army came out of the war an efficient machine, hardened and stirring with ideas of twentieth century military renown. ”

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