WARGAMING| IM HISTORY Edwin Herbertet Anglo-Boer War Edwin Herbert ARGUS BOOKSArgus Books Argus House Boundary Way Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 7ST England First published by Argus Books 1990 © Argus Books 1990 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, by print, photography, microfilm or any other means without permission from the publisher. ISBN 0 85242 991 6 Typeset by Photoprint, Torquay, Devon Printed and bound by LR Printing Services Ltd, Edward Way, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9UA. England CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 ORGANISATION AND FIELD TACTICS 2 SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE WAR 3 UNIFORMS OF THE BRITISH ARMY 4 WHAT THE BOERS WORE 5 THE GENERALS 6 WEAPONS 7 THE THIRD FORCE 8 CASUALTIES AND THEIR EFFECT ON MORALE 9 WARGAMES FIGURES AND RULES 10 THREE SCENARIOS 11 THE COST OF THE WAR APPENDIX A APPENDIX B APPENDIX C APPENDIX D INDEX 20 29 33 37 40 50 52 58 65 80 82 89 92 94 95