General White Made a Huge Mistake
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Host Dennis Leap finishes discussing Chapter 6, “We Have Gone Far Enough,” from Part II: “Into Africa.” Candice Millard gives the incredible history of the Boers who proved themselves to be superior warriors from the time they inhabited the Transvaal and the first Boer War with the British. The British received a humiliating loss at the battle of Majuba Hill. George White had told a friend before he left South Hampton: “I don’t believe there will be fighting of a serious kind.” While at Natal, White was not concerned about the tens of thousands of Boers surrounding him in every direction. By the time he moved to Ladysmith, White realized he had made a serious mistake.
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