Deneys Reitz: 2 books
Commando
A Boer Journal of the Boer War
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
Today the word “commando” conjures a picture of daring special forces raids. But originally it was the Boer word for a mobile column of fighting men.
This is the account of one such fighting man.
Aged just seventeen Deneys Reitz, son of the ex-President of the Orange Free State and...
by Deneys Reitz
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
"One of the greatest war books ever written." "A vivid, unforgettable picture of mobile guerrilla warfare." In 1899 a 17 year old boy by the name of Dennys Reitz volunteered to fight for his country, South Africa, against the British. He could ride and shoot with the best of them,...