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Mafeking – a Boer ‘strategic success’

Even the man who started Wiki now accepts it is hopelessly biased[i], but it is still amusing to see just how abysmal it has become. For example, I found this section on the page about the Siege of Mafeking: ‘For Baden-Powell, and in the British media, the siege was thought of as a victory, but

Taking self-delusion to the next level

Any Quora discussion on the Boer War quickly degenerates into a few idiot True Believers screaming about ‘the camps!’, so it was a pleasant surprise to see an especially stupid one trying a different tactic. When someone pointed out that, thanks to the Boers, women and children died in the Siege of Mafeking, an unspeakably

Ash article in ‘Cannons and Cosmos’

Delighted to report that an Ash blog article has been included in the latest copy of the Battlefields region digital magazine, ‘Cannons and Cosmos’: Digital Magazine Here is the direct link to it: https://view.publitas.com/wild-world-books/cannons-cosmos-november-2024/page/14-15  

Elsegood’s “Klippies & Coke” version of history

When it comes to those who so passionately defend the Boer War myths, there is an obvious link between these True Believers and the extreme Right of Afrikanerdom. This is hardly surprising, as the myths these types so adore were enthusiastically perpetuated by the Apartheid regime, for the specific purpose of pushing the nonsense of