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Boer Forces
The number of Boers in the field is difficult to determine as the forces were informal in their
administration. At the outbreak of the war the Boer forces were as listed below, and numbered about
60,250 in theory with perhaps two-thirds of that number actually on active service. In addition, about
10,000 Cape Colony subjects fought alongside citizens of the two republics during the war.
South African Republic (Transvaal)
Staatsartillerie
About 733 men and seventy-one guns.
Police (ZARP, Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek Politie)
Boksburg Police. Johannesburg Police. Transvaal Police. Swaziland Police. 1,545 men.
Commandos
The numbers of men are as given by Captain Reichmann, the US Military Attaché, but they must be
treated with caution. The actual numbers answering the call at the outbreak of the war may be
indicated, but men went on leave, or simply went away, and the locational nature of membership
broke down quickly as the war moved towards the guerrilla phase.
Bethal – 737. Bloemhof – 680. Boksburg, Germiston and Johannesburg – 2,013 taken together.
Carolina – 427. Ermelo – 963. Heidelberg – 2,375. Krugersdorp – 1,317. Lichtenburg – 993.
Lydenburg – 1,125. Marico – 984. Middelburg – 1,550. Piet Retief – 301. Potchefstroom – 1,249.
Pretoria – 2,832. Rustenburg – 2,103. Standerton – 890. Swaziland – 271. Utrecht – 492. Vruheid –
731. Wakkerstroom – 1,179. Waterberg – 284. Wolmaransstad – 838. Zoutpansberg – 1,017. Thus
25,351 in total.
Orange Free State
Artillery
About 475 men and twenty-eight guns.
Police
One hundred and fifty men.
Commandos
Bethlehem – 1,142. Bethulie – 337. Bloemfontein – 1,253. Boshof – 780. Fauresmith – 988.
Ficksburg – 235. Harrismith – 751. Heilbron – 1,857. Hoopstad – 494. Jacobsdal – 139. Kroonstad –
2,068. Ladybrand – 749. Philippolois – 209. Rouxville – 528. Thaba ‘Nchu –
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