Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) - The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked by C. H. Thomas
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100,000 _Artillery_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000
600 Orange Free State, including trained reserves . . . . . . . . 600 1,400 Transvaal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400 ------- ----- ------- 102,000 . . . . . . . . . . . Total at least about 144,000 102,000 highly efficient, and 42,000 partly trained. The mounts are docile, hardy and nimble, with large reserves available. The above includes 500 Johannesburg Mounted Police, a picked body of men armed with carbine, revolver, and sabre. _Small Arms_ . . . . . . . . . About 250,000 Martini-Henry rifles in Orange Free State } } 100,000 " " " in Transvaal } Guede rifles in Transvaal . . . . . . . . 10,000 Mauser rifles in Transvaal . . . . . . . . 120,000 Revolvers in both States . . . . . . . . . 20,000 ------ _Artillery, both Republics_ . . . . . . . . 140 Maxims and Nordenfeldts, modern . . . . . 50 Field cannon and Howitzers " . . . . . 70 |
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