On Commando

This book presents a realistic memoir of the Boer War. The Anglo-Boer War was fought between the British Empire and two independent Boer states, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, over the Empire's influence in South Africa after the discovery of diamonds. The author presents the work from the perspective of a soldier, focusing on a feel of what it was like being 'on commando' during the different phases of the war.