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A neutral military observer in the Anglo-Boer War in 1900: The Norwegian Captain Julius Allum

Pages 17-28 | Published online: 31 Aug 2007

  • The best work on the military attaché in general is by Vagts Alfred The military attaché Princeton University Press Princeton, New Jersey 1967 408 408
  • Lieutenant K.W.J.K. Thomson became the commander of the constabulary in Albania shortly after the founding of this state in 1913, but was killed by the wild mountaineers of the country, the Skipetars. Colonel Gurko became famous as a result of his escape from Port Arthur during its siege by the Japanese; see Sandberg C.G.S. Twintig jaren onder Krugers Boeren in voor- en tegenspoed Amsterdam 1940 309 309 Captain Baron von Lüttwitz was a leader of the abortive right-wing Kapp-Putsch in Berlin in 1920; see Vagts, The military attaché, p. 110 note 2.
  • See Sandberg Twintig jaren onder Krugers Boeren 321 322
  • This view of the position of the attachés on the British side is confirmed by Maria Z…, the author of the story “How I was a volunteer in the Transvaal”, introduced by Foxcroft E. Hertzog-Annale 112 122 and published in van die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, Jaarboek XI, December 1964
  • Foxcroft , Elizaveit . The Russians and the War in South Africa unpublished manuscript in English. Mrs. E. Foxcroft is senior lecturer in Russian language and literature at the University of South Africa in Pretoria.
  • Sandberg . Twintig jaren onder Krugers Boeren 322 – 322 . states that the State Secretary, Reitz, permitted Thomson and Ram, to consult the confidential official telegrams on the war which they wanted to see before writing their report to the Dutch authorities; Louis Botha, the Commander-in-Chief, however disapproved.
  • Raoul-Duval , Roger . Au Transvaal et dans le Sud-Africain 92 – 92 . 113–114
  • Melville , C.H. 1923 . Life of general The Right Hon. Sir Redvers Buller , Vol. 1 , London : Edward Arnold & Co. . an opinion by Buller written at the peace following the first Boer War in 1881
  • Vagts . The military attaché 260 – 261 .
  • See de Jong C. Een Noors bewonderaar van de Boeren: Jacob Worm-Müller Historia, Amptelike Orgaan van die Historiese Genootskap van Suid-Afrika March 1973 18 1 45 57 in Pretoria
  • Allum , J. Boerne og deres kamp kaptein udgivet af Norges forsvarsforening; Kristiania kreds, i kommission hos Jacob Dybwad, Johannes Björnstads Bogtrykkeri, Kristiania (i.e. Oslo), 1901, 58 pp.

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