The Escape from the Boers

After losing amiably in the 1899 General Elections, Winston Churchill knew better than waiting idly. He found another war to join. The British in Cape Colony at the southernmost tip of Africa had started fighting with Dutch Boers (Farmers). Although the British had captured the Republic of Transvaal twenty years ago, The Dutch had recently armed themselves and denied the rights to the British Uitlanders. The British troops were ordered to the Transvaal border to ensure those rights. At this point the war was predestined. Winston Churchill took advantage of the situation and persuaded Morning post to send him to South Africa as their correspondent. …