The Orange Free State's strategy to continue the Anglo-Boer War in July 1900: a lost opportunity?

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dc.contributor.authorDe Bruin, Jaco
dc.contributor.authorWessels, André
dc.contributor.authorHenning, Johan
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-09T10:38:15Z
dc.date.available2017-10-09T10:38:15Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractMore than 4 000 Orange Free State (OFS) burghers, inclusive of their most senior officers, surrendered in the Brandwater Basin in the Eastern Orange Free State (OFS) during the period 30 July to 9 August 1900. It was a military catastrophe from which the OFS would never recover. This contribution endeavours to provide new perspectives on the events leading up to the surrender by evaluating the various strategic options considered by the OFS military command during July 1900 to continue the war. It appears that two basic strategies were considered. An analysis of these provides new insights into the confusion prevailing in the Brandwater Basin, as well as the lack of effective and decisive leadership, the contradictory decisions and the concomitant conflicting orders.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDe Bruin, J., Wessels, A., & Henning, J. (2011). The Orange Free State's strategy to continue the Anglo-Boer War in July 1900: a lost opportunity? Journal for Contemporary History, 36(2), 112-134.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0258-2442 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2415-0509 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/7232
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherFaculty of Humanities, University of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderFaculty of Humanities, University of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectBrandwater Basinen_ZA
dc.subjectAnglo Boer Waren_ZA
dc.subjectOFS military command, July 1900en_ZA
dc.subjectCampaign strategyen_ZA
dc.subjectMilitary leadersen_ZA
dc.titleThe Orange Free State's strategy to continue the Anglo-Boer War in July 1900: a lost opportunity?en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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