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FIGHTING FOR THE BOERS
Various foreign volunteers served
with the Boer armies, either in the commandos or in special units. After high
casualties these groups were combined into a single foreign commando.
|
Nationality |
Commandos |
Own Unit |
Commando |
|
Legion of France |
Comte Georges Villebois-Mareuil |
300 |
100 |
|
Hollander Corps |
Commandant Jan Smoronberg |
400 |
250 |
|
American Volunteers (Hassell’s
Scouts) |
Commandant John A Hassell |
150 |
150 |
|
Irish Brigade |
Colonel John Franklin Blake Arthur Lynch |
100 100 |
- |
|
Russian Scouts (Don Cossacks) |
Commandant Alexis de Ganetzky |
100 |
125 |
|
German Corps |
Colonel Adolf Schiel |
300 |
250 |
|
Italian Corps |
Camillo Ricchiard |
300 |
100 |
|
Scandinavian Corps |
Commandant Flygare |
100 |
50 |
|
Total |
|
1,850 |
1,025 |
Source: Wargaming In History, the Second Anglo-Boer War, Edwin Herbert, Argus
Books, 1990. Edited by Stuart Asquith, this little gem of a book is a wonderful
introduction to any wargamer wanting to build Boer War armies. The three battle
scenarios provided are particularly useful.
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