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Modern warfare is warfare that is in notable contrast with previous military concepts, methods, and technology, emphasizing how combatants must modernize to preserve their battle worthiness.[1] As such, it is an evolving subject, seen differently in different times and places. In its narrowest sense, it is merely a synonym for contemporary warfare.
In its widest sense, it includes all warfare since the "gunpowder revolution" that marks the start of early modern warfare, but other landmark military developments have been used instead, including the emphasis of artillery marked by the Crimean War, the military reliance on railways beginning with the American Civil War, the launch of the first dreadnought in 1905, or the use of the machine gun, aircraft, tank, or radio in World War I.[2] In other senses, it is tied to the introduction of total war, industrial warfare, mechanized warfare, nuclear warfare,[3] counter-insurgency,[4] or (more recently) the rise of asymmetric warfare also known as fourth-generation warfare |
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A war without a single British victory. Boer Victories over the British Battle of Bronkhorstspruit -20 December 1880 Siege of Rustenburg 27 December 1880-30 March 1881 Siege of Marabastad 1 January 1880–2 April 1881 Siege of Lydenburg 6 January 1881 - 30 March 1881 Battle of Laing's Nek 28 January 1881 Battle of Schuinshoogte 8 February 1881 Kraipaan October 1899 Ladysmith 30 October 1899 Stormberg 10 December 1899 Magersfontein 11 December 1899 Colenso December 1899 Spion Kopp January 1900 Vaal Krantz February 1900 Bloody Sunday February 1900 Sanna's Post March 1900 Leliefontein November 1900 Mooietegedacht December 1900 Elands River September 1901 Blood River Port September 1901 Bakenlaagte October 1901 Groenkop December 1901 Tweebosch March 1902
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The Story of the 2nd South African Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 - Part 2
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History West Midlands
South Africa 10th - 17th December 1899 At the close of 1899 the might of the British Empire went to war with the small Boer armies of the republics of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State in South Africa. It was going to be a quick victory. Within weeks the British forces were driven back and besieged in the towns of Mafeking, Kimberley and Ladysmith and the road to Cape Town - and defeat - lay open. The British government scrambled to assemble a new and much bigger force and on arrival in Cape Town the army was split into three columns each lead by an experienced general. They set off to relieve the besieged towns. But in a single week (10-17 December 1899) each column was defeated at with nearly 3 000 British casualties making this a “Black Week” for the British Army. These three battles – Stormberg, Magersfontein and Colenso – shook late-Victorian Britain.
South Africa 10th - 17th December 1899 At the close of 1899 the might of the British Empire went to war with the small Boer armies of the republics of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State in South Africa. It was going to be a quick victory. Within weeks the British forces were driven back and besieged in the towns of Mafeking, Kimberley and Ladysmith and the road to Cape Town - and defeat - lay open. The British government scrambled to assemble a new and much bigger force and on arrival in Cape Town the army was split into three columns each lead by an experienced general. They set off to relieve the besieged towns. But in a single week (10-17 December 1899) each column was defeated at with nearly 3 000 British casualties making this a “Black Week” for the British Army. These three battles – Stormberg, Magersfontein and Colenso – shook late-Victorian Britain.
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