Boer War

Question 1

Why are heliographs so important?

Answer 1

heliographs were used to communicate more efficiently during the war.

Question 2

give and example of when heliographs were used

Answer 2

Buller used them during black week while telling white to surrender, but the surrender never happened

Question 3

who supplied the Boers with their weapons

Answer 3

Germany, friendly farms also supplied the weapons and ammunition

Question 4

list some criteria for the boer war

Answer 4

motivation, success, equipment, attitude, training, supplies

Question 5

what was the British opinion on the Boers

Answer 5

the British admired the boers because of their motivation and their instinctive fighting

Question 6

what is a deal breaking criteria? (example)

Answer 6

Motivation

Question 7

what style of fighting do the Boers use

Answer 7

Instinctive fighting, sneaky tactics, led by motivation

Question 8

what year was Black week and the seiges

Answer 8

1899

Question 9

name one historian that wrote a book on the Boer war

Answer 9

Thomas Peackenham

Question 10

why did the Boers commit to their seiges

Answer 10

fully just to humiliate the British and to starve them in their own territories

Question 11

what was Bullers plan A?

Answer 11

move his army as one big large fighting force to attack to Boers

Question 12

what was Bullers plan B and why was he criticised

Answer 12

Buller split his army into 3 to take the three beseiged town

Question 13

name the three seiges

Answer 13

margesfontein, stormberg, colenso

Question 14

who does Buller accidently kill at Colenso

Answer 14

Roberts son

Question 15

how did Roberts son die to Colenso?

Answer 15

went to go retrieve his weapon under Bullers instruction and was shot

Question 16

how many was imprisoned at stormberg

Answer 16

600

Question 17

how many died at Margersfontein

Answer 17

948

Question 18

how did the Boers get alerted of the British presence

Answer 18

knocking over tin can traps

Question 19

in defence of Buller, what was the map situation

Answer 19

Buller was given outdated maps, the river has also been forded so it was deeper than intended is men drowned

Question 20

what is in Ladysmith that needed to be protected

Answer 20

lots and lots of british guns and british inhabitants

Question 21

how many British died at Colenso

Answer 21

1,138

Question 22

how many Boers were injured during Colseno

Answer 22

only 7 injured

Question 23

what was the intention of Spoin Kop

Answer 23

to restore his reputation

Question 24

what was the Boer war an early example of

Answer 24

Early trench warfare

Question 25

what were the British infantry often referred to as

Answer 25

Tommy Atkins

Question 26

defence of buller

Answer 26

out of date maps, outnumbered and not enough men, not enough resources, not enough training

Question 27

who does Roberts appoint as his scout

Answer 27

Frederick Vernon

Question 28

how did roberts change as tactics

Answer 28

easy wins whenever he can to help demoralise the Boers, the reverse of WWI

Question 29

who was put in support of the supply chains

Answer 29

Kitchener

Question 30

how was Roberts critized?

Answer 30

roberts used to underfeed his men, he also had many diseased men, scorched earth policy

Question 31

what did Roberts have that Buller didnt

Answer 31

armoured trains, more troops that were better trained, better supply lines, better recon, kitchener as a support

Question 32

what did baden powel do to deceive the Boers

Answer 32

fake land mines, fake guns, moving the cannons to make it seem that they have ore weapons than they actually do, send an armoured train and run over the Boers, use the African public as an accessory which helped gain troop numbers.

Question 33

who created scorched earth policy

Answer 33

Roberts

Question 34

who was critical of Roberts

Answer 34

Kitchener, this is because he took home lots of men and the war wasnt over

Question 35

what did Roberts assume phase 3 is

Answer 35

Just mopping up the rest of the Boer population, admin

Question 36

what is kitchener overly good at

Answer 36

admin and control of troops

Question 37

what happened at Paardeberg

Answer 37

Kitchener was in charge, it goes horribly wrong and there was embarrassing large losses and Roberts has to take over eventhough he was deathly ill

Question 38

in phase 3, how did the boers supply their weapons

Answer 38

local population

Question 39

what happened in phase 3 that was a moral dilema

Answer 39

scorched earth, the first concentration camps that killed thousands of civilians

Question 40

what were kitcheners three policies

Answer 40

blockhouses, scorched earth, concentration camps

Question 41

how did kitchener justify scorched earth

Answer 41

he states that the civilian population are the ones providing the weapons so they are also roles in this war, they have more and he had to take care of the situation

Question 42

sophies levisuer's argument

Answer 42

it was right to round up and kill the boer population because they were helping the war

Question 43

what was cambell bannermans opinion on the concentration camps

Answer 43

it changed him to being antiwar (LIMPS change their opinions)

Question 44

did MPs change tehir opinions because of the camps

Answer 44

Yes, not even conservative MPs agreed with the Briish camps

Question 45

name one report that has changed the view point on the war

Answer 45

Emily Hobbhouse report (manchester guardian)

Question 46

were blockhouses effective

Answer 46

yes, probably the least ethically debatable, they managed to entrap the Boers. but this was very men heavy which lead less men to being in the camps

Question 47

support for the Boer war criteria

Answer 47

demographics, long term impacts, geographics

Question 48

who was braker-morant?

Answer 48

he was a Australian soldier who got executed for killing Boer civilians. which was a suspicious situation

Question 49

who was Bertha Synge

Answer 49

she was a good reflection upon the war, despite hearing the news

Question 50

which newspaper is never supportive of the war

Answer 50

the manchester guardian

Question 51

what do you call extreme nationalism

Answer 51

jingoism

Question 52

why are the daily mail and the daily express widening the demographic?

Answer 52

they were the first newspaper to have images, like a modern tabloid which helps widen demographics to the middle class

Question 53

what was churchills view on the war

Answer 53

churchill was proud of the army and how hard they were working, but he was a soldier and he ultimately had a respect for the Boers

Question 54

what was the political response of the war

Answer 54

originally: very supportive | end of the war: having a 'stop the war committee' which show the sever lack of support

Question 55

what was Emily Hobhouses initial mission

Answer 55

her initial mission was to see and visit the camps to just hand out sanitary items but found the horrid camp conditions

Question 56

what was the death rates of the of the camps by the end of the war

Answer 56

the death rates were 2% (less than the average dates in glasgow)