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    Default The Boer Wars By Professor Fransjohan Pretorius

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    Fransjohan Pretorius is professor of history at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He specialises on the Boer War of 1899-1902. His book, 'Life on Commando during the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902', was runner-up for the Sunday Times Alan Paton Award. The Afrikaans edition won three major awards. He received the Stals Prize from the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Arts and Science) in 1998. He is a former editor of 'Historia', the journal of the South African Historical Association. At present, he chairs the history commission of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns.


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    Default Re: The Boer Wars By Professor Fransjohan Pretorius

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    The Boers handed in their rifles...the Lee metford but hid their mausers =)
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    Default Re: The Boer Wars By Professor Fransjohan Pretorius

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    Default Re: The Boer Wars By Professor Fransjohan Pretorius

    Quote Originally Posted by KK20 View Post
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    The Boers handed in their rifles...the Lee metford but hid their mausers =)


    They most likely loved their Mauser rifles, but regarded the captured 303's as mere tools.

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    Default Re: The Boer Wars By Professor Fransjohan Pretorius

    The Boer generals agreed that they will take up arms again after the ABW as soon as a chance came along to regain political independence. With this on mind, and the fact that Germany had helped arming them could have been reason to hide the Mausers. The accuracy of the Mausers probably played a role as well.

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