Boer war (1899-1902)

• Total of 60,000 British deaths (22,000 in battle, the rest from disease) . Whilst there was 100,000 wounded.
• The Boers suffered only 7,000 Boer soldier deaths, whilst there were 20,000 civilian Boer deaths.
• The daily circulation figure of the Daily Mail during the Boer was 534,000 papers.