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As a lieutenant-general, Broadwood was given command of the 57th (2nd West Lancashire)
Division in the First World War. He was killed in June 1917 by a stray shell near ArmentieÁres.
See also:
Reitz, Action at; Sannaspos, Battle of.
Reference:
Hall, Darrell, ed. Fransjohan Pretorius and Gilbert Torlage, The Hall Handbook of the Anglo-Boer
War (Pietermaritzburg, University of Natal Press, 1999).
Brodrick, The Right Hon. W. St John F.,
1856–1942
St John Brodrick, eldest son of Viscount Midleton, succeeded Lord Lansdowne as Secretary of State
for War in October 1900. He was informed by Sir Alfred Milner, British High Commissioner in
South Africa, that, contrary to the view of the army, the war was not over. What Milner neglected to
mention, or was ignorant about, was the crisis in the concentration camps about to be revealed by
Emily Hobhouse. Brodrick met the uproar in Parliament with a stolid repetition of denials and halftruths which eventually had to be abandoned and he then sent Mrs Millicent Fawcett out to inspect the
camps. Her commonsense recommendations did much to improve conditions.
In March 1901 Brodrick introduced his plan for army reform, under which six Army Corps were
to be formed, three for home defence and three for foreign service, each to be commanded by the man
who would have command in wartime. He appointed General Sir Redvers Buller to command First
Army Corps. However, the unjustified blackening of Buller’s reputation had been so effective that a
public outcry ensued, to which Brodrick gave way, depriving Buller of the post.
See also:
Concentration Camps; Hobhouse, Emily.
Reference:
Pakenham, Thomas, The Boer War (London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1979; Abacus, 1992).
Buller, General Sir Redvers, V.C.,
1839–1908
Sir Redvers Buller was lampooned by the British press as “Sir Reverse Buller” as a result of the setbacks inflicted by the Boers in Black Week in December 1899. He was replaced as Commander-inChief, Army Corps, South Africa, but was left in command of the army in Natal. His outstanding
achievements in the relief of Ladysmith and subsequent engagements were not given the recognition
they deserved and his reputation has suffered to this day.
Redvers Buller joined the 60th Rifles in 1858 and served in China, in the Red River Expedition
in Canada in 1870 and in southern Africa, winning the Victoria Cross in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
He rose to high rank and held important positions as one of the “African” ring of officers enjoying the
favour of Lord Wolseley,
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