15 articles in this issue
F.A.M. Cousins
Congreve,assures us - 'Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.' A sentiment echoed softly by Cowper: 'With melting airs, or martial, brink, or grave, Some chord in unison with what we hear I... see more
André Wessels
South Africa has a total coastline of approximately 2 450 kilometres and that does not include the South West African coastline or that of the Transkei. In view of the above, South Africa cannot distantiate itself from the sea and throug... see more
Johannes Vrugtman
In midsummer dawn comes early in the Netherlands and normally the sun would have been well above the horizon before the first stirrings of activity at the Willemsoord naval base at Nieuwediep. However, on this 15th day of July 1900 thing... see more
Jan Ploeger
This article relates the history of the Memorial commemorating the deceased Boer-internees in Portugal.
F.S. Fourie
Binne enige weermag bestaan daar sekere tradisies, gebruike en seremonies waarvan die herkoms nie algemeen bekend is nie. Selfs die herkoms of oorspronklike betekenis van sekere geykte terme, wat eie aan die militaris is, is soms onbeken... see more
Hertzog Biermann
It was reported from Rome on 18 July this year that Major Walter Reder, last of the important Nazi war criminals in Italian custody, was to be allowed a degree of supervised freedom after serving 28 years of a life sentence. An Italian m... see more
W. Otto
The writer of the article wishes to allert the historiographer, to the many pitfalls that may accost him in his search for the truth. Sources must at all times be regarded critically, if the acceptance of untruths is to be avoided. The e... see more
W.M. Bisset
In March 1981, Mrs H. J. R. Rieder donated her husband's presentation British .303 SMLE Rifle No 1 Mark III (number M-45374) with the Rieder Automatic Rifle Attachment to the Military Museum at the Castle in Cape Town. With it were a num... see more
A.W.L. Roothman
Terrorism can no longer be seen as a limited form of behaviour, but as an escalating form of behaviour of which the ultimate result may prove fatal for the international community. It would appear that in some instances it may be easier ... see more
Helmöed-Romer Heitman
The seam between the zones of influence of adjacent formations is one of the weakest parts of any defence. Its weakness results from the situation of divided command which almost inevitably exists there. Thus any attack onto the joint an... see more
W Otto
Argiefbewaarplekke, kopieregbiblioteke en ander instansies wat historiese bronne bewaar is gewoonlik in die groter stede gesentreer. Vir die historikus wat nie in die stad woon waar die dokumente wat hy benodig bewaar word nie, skep dit ... see more
A.G. Claase
A vast number of books have already been published on the Second World War and the publication explosion on this subject has still not been exhausted as can be seen from the continuous flood of new titles which appear almost daily.
An enormous quantity of material has been published on the First and Second World War. Dr Bayliss has compiled this bibliographic guide as an aid to researchers and has listed and critically discussed over 2 400 bibliographies and refere... see more
This work presented in two volumes proves to be an immensely readable account of WW 2. It is very well illustrated with many photographs and several maps.
In this book the author portrays six South African generals who fought in three great wars in which South Africa was involved between 1899 and 1945.