Soldiers without reward- Africans in South Africa's wars
… in the rebellion. The Great War, 1914-18 Although the Union of South Africa had its own defence force since 1912, … in a British war.(1) On 29 July and 1 August 1914, the Union government was informed by London that the position was … On 4 August General Louis Botha, Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, offered to help Great Britain by …