History of the Railways During the War in South Africa, 1899-1902"Detailed history of the use and importance of railways during the war in South Africa (the Boer War), written by Sir Edward Percy Cranvill Girouard, Director of Railways for the British South African Field Force. With chapters on the creation and control of a military railway staff, the Cape Government Railway, the Natal Railway, all facets of the Imperial Military Railways (construction, organisation by region, locomotives, railway telegraph, stores and accounts, etc.), and the use of armored trains."--Amazon |
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abutments advance appointed armoured trains Army Order arrangements Arrival at Break bank Bethulie Bloemfontein Boers Cape Colony Cape Government Railways Cape Town Capt Captain carried civilian commenced Communication Orders-Cape Town Company Royal Engineers Completion of Repairs construction train culvert Damage to Line Department depôt Deputy Assistant Director deviation Director of Railways Durban Elandsfontein enemy Field Railway Section Field Section fish-bolts fish-plates Free State Railway girders headquarters Imperial Military Railways iron sleepers Johannesburg Kilometres Kimberley Komatipoort large number Lieut Line blown Lines of Communication Locomotive Masonry rebuilt Micklem's miles Modder River Naauwpoort Natal Government Railways Norvals Pont Officer Commanding Orange Free Orange River Colony organisation permanent repairs Pretoria railhead railway employés railway officials Railway Pioneer Regiment railway staff officers railway system Replaced with timber rolling stock Royal Engineers side sleeper cribs South Africa Spruit Standerton stroyed supply telegraph Temporary Reconstruction Traffic Manager Transvaal Transvaal Railways Vaal yards