Der Zweite Burenkrieg

[Quintus Fabius]

Noch eine Obskurität: Angeblich (hörte ich jetzt auch zum ersten Mal) wurde im Burenkrieg zum allerersten Mal kabellose Kommunikation (Funk) militärisch eingesetzt:

http://samilitaryhistory.org/diaries/wirelessabw.html

The Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902) was the first occasion in which wireless communications were used in military conflict. This article traces the history from the point of view of both the British and the Boer forces, both of which had intentions to use this latest invention on the field of battle. Marconi's apparatus, in its most elementary form, went with the British Army to the front but failed; the Boers' German equipment was captured and never saw service. The British Army soon rejected wireless but the Royal Navy acquired the apparatus and made it work. No doubt circumstances and personalities played their part but by far the major factor in determining success and failure was the natural electromagnetic environment.