An Australian war correspondent in Ladysmith : the siege report of Donald Macdonald of the Melbourne Argus

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dc.contributor.authorVan der Waag, Ianen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-27T08:46:36Z
dc.date.available2012-08-27T08:46:36Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/puben_ZA
dc.description.abstractSome one hundred years ago, South Africa was torn apart by the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). To mark this cataclysmic event, Covos-Day is publishing a series of books. The first is a facsimile of Donald Macdonald's enduring story of "How we kept the flag flying" through the siege of Ladysmith and this is followed by several other titles including another Ladysmith-siege diary: one written by George Maidment, a British army orderly. Such a publication programme is a monumental and laudable effort. It allows both reflections upon a calamitous episode in South African history and, as is the case of "How we kept the flag flying", an opportunity for the collector to acquire old titles, long-out-of-print, at reasonable prices. Donald Macdonald was born in Melbourne, Victoria on 6 June 1859. After a short career as a teacher, he joined the Corowa Free Press and, in 1881, the Melbourne Argus. A nature writer and cricket commentator, he arrived in South Africa on 21 October 1899, the day of the battle at Elandslaagte, as war correspondent to the Melbourne Argus. This book, "How we kept the flag flying", was born from his experiences and frustrations whilst holed-up in Ladysmith throughout the 100-day siege, whilst the war raged and was reported on by journalists elsewhere.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent6 p.
dc.identifier.citationVan Der Waag, I. 2000. An Australian war correspondent in Ladysmith: The siege report of Donald Macdonald of the Melbourne Argus. Scientia Militaria, South African Journal of Military Studies, 30(1), 86-91.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2224-0020 (online)
dc.identifier.issn1022-8136 (print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/49319
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherFaculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthor holds the copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectMacdonald, Donald, 1857-1932en_ZA
dc.subjectMelbourne Argusen_ZA
dc.subjectCovos-Dayen_ZA
dc.subjectHow we kept the flag flyingen_ZA
dc.subjectLadysmith (South Africa) -- History -- Siege, 1899-1900en_ZA
dc.subjectSouth African War, 1899-1902 -- Campaignsen_ZA
dc.subjectBattle at Elandslaagteen_ZA
dc.subject100-day siegeen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth African War, 1899-1902 -- Personal narratives, Britishen_ZA
dc.titleAn Australian war correspondent in Ladysmith : the siege report of Donald Macdonald of the Melbourne Argusen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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