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98. Smithfield – 299. Vrede – 1,038. Wepener – 258. Winburg and Senekal – 1,616 taken
together. Thus 14,839 in total.
Foreign Corps
The foreigners who fought on the Boer side volunteered at first from the men who were already in
South Africa as gold miners, traders, farmers and in the professions. They were joined by men from
overseas inspired by a variety of motives and the formations they served in were not necessarily
made up entirely of the nationality its name suggests. The units were:
The German Corps. The Hollander Corps. The Irish Brigades, of which there were two. The
Scandinavian Corps. The French Corps (also known as the European Corps). In addition there were
volunteers from the United States of America, Italy, Russia and Switzerland. In all some 2,000 men.
Other Units
Active units: Edward’s Scouts. Fichardt’s Scouts. Hassel’s Scouts. Jooste’s Scouts. Kirsten’s Scouts.
Pretoria Mounted Rifles. Ricchiardi’s Scouts. Scheeper’s Scouts. Theron’s Scouts. Theunissen’s
Scouts. Von Goeben’s Scouts. About 100 men in all.
Service units: South African Republic and Orange Free State Medical services, about 250
people. Religious section, about 67 people.
Cape Rebels
Afrikanders in Cape Colony, British subjects in law, were exhorted to join their Boer brothers
against the British and some did so. It is estimated that they totalled no more than 10,000 men, less
than a quarter of the number hoped for.
Guerrilla War Forces
With the end of set-piece battles in September 1900 and during the part-guerrilla phase of the war that
preceded that period, a number of commandos broke up because of losses in battle, surrender of their
members to the British or acceptance of the amnesty terms. Adhoc formations came into being, such
as Commandant Malan’s Afrikander Cavalry Corps which was formed from elements of a number of
commandos after the Battle of Bergendal on 27 August 1900. Further, the decision was taken in the
Orange Free State to break the commandos up into small parties to attack targets of opportunity. The
territory was divided into six sections, each under an Assistant Chief-commandant with five or six
Commandants under him, each one commanding a small group.
Boer Forces on 31 May 1902
At the end of the war something close to half the number of Boers in the field at the start of the
conflict were still active. The South African Republic (Transvaal) had about 11,232 men, the Orange
Free State about 5,833 and some 3,574 rebels and 140 foreigners were still on commando; 20,779 in
all.
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