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BOER MANOEUVRABILITY
'A Boer Commando could move at an
average speed of 5-6 miles per hour. In emergencies it could cover 7-8 miles in
an hour. In some cases, on a forced march, riding his two horses alternatively,
a Boer could cover 60-70 miles a day. Scouts would ride up to six miles away on
each flank scouting the veld for signs of the khakis. Even with wagons, for
which mules rather than oxen were used, a Boer column could travel at 3-4 miles
per hour, unless the train was so large that oxen had to be used and mobility
was therefore impeded. Cronje’s vast wagon train was reduced to a speed of ten
miles a day. The British Army with its transport wagons was lucky to achieve
two miles an hour.'
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 at the back of the book are particularly useful..
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Nineteenth Century 20mm metal wargame figures.