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Second Boer War

Index Second Boer War

The Second Boer War (Tweede Vryheidsoorlog,, 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and Orange Free State) over the Empire's influence in Southern Africa. [1]

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  1. 450 relations: Aboriginal Australians, Afrikaans, Afrikaners, Aldershot Command, Alfred Beit, Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, Alfred Taylor (British Army officer), Ambush, Andries Petrus Johannes Cronjé, Archibald Hunter, Armoured train, Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Lynch (politician), Artillery, Artillery in the Second Boer War, Attrition warfare, Australia, Australian Government, Australian New Wave, Australian War Memorial, Australians, Austria-Hungary, Ballarat, Barbed wire, Barney Barnato, Barrister, Basutoland, Battle of Bakenlaagte, Battle of Belmont (1899), Battle of Bergendal, Battle of Blaauwberg, Battle of Blood River Poort, Battle of Bothaville, Battle of Colenso, Battle of Diamond Hill, Battle of Elands River (1901), Battle of Elandslaagte, Battle of France, Battle of Graspan, Battle of Groenkloof, Battle of Groenkop, Battle of Holkrans, Battle of Kraaipan, Battle of Leliefontein, Battle of Magersfontein, Battle of Majuba Hill, Battle of Megiddo (1918), Battle of Modder River, Battle of Mons, Battle of Nooitgedacht, ... Expand index (400 more) »

  2. 1890s in South Africa
  3. 1890s in Transvaal
  4. 1890s in the South African Republic
  5. 1899 beginnings
  6. 1899 in South Africa
  7. 1900 in South Africa
  8. 1900s in South Africa
  9. 1900s in Transvaal
  10. 1901 in South Africa
  11. 1902 endings
  12. 1902 in South Africa
  13. Boer Republics
  14. Boer Wars
  15. Canadian Army
  16. Canadian Militia
  17. Conflicts in 1901
  18. Conflicts in 1902
  19. Military history of the British Empire
  20. South Africa–United Kingdom relations
  21. Wars involving Australia
  22. Wars involving the British South Africa Company
  23. Wars involving the Orange Free State
  24. Wars involving the South African Republic

Aboriginal Australians

Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, excluding the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands.

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Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken in South Africa, Namibia and (to a lesser extent) Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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Afrikaners

Afrikaners are a Southern African ethnic group descended from predominantly Dutch settlers first arriving at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652.Entry: Cape Colony. Encyclopædia Britannica Volume 4 Part 2: Brain to Casting. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 1933. James Louis Garvin, editor. Until 1994, they dominated South Africa's politics as well as the country's commercial agricultural sector.

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Aldershot Command

Aldershot Command was a Home Command of the British Army.

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Alfred Beit

Alfred Beit (15 February 1853 – 16 July 1906) was an Anglo-German gold and diamond magnate in South Africa, and a major donor and profiteer of infrastructure development on the African continent.

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Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner

Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, (23 March 1854 – 13 May 1925) was a British statesman and colonial administrator who played a very important role in the formulation of British foreign and domestic policy between the mid-1890s and early 1920s.

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Alfred Taylor (British Army officer)

Captain Alfred James "'Bulala" Taylor (14 November 1861 – 24 October 1941) was an Anglo-Irish military officer who was active in Africa during the Scramble for Africa and the Second Boer War.

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Ambush

An ambush is a surprise attack carried out by people lying in wait in a concealed position.

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Andries Petrus Johannes Cronjé

Andries Petrus Johannes Cronjé (A.P.J. Cronjé, 18 June 1849 – 23 February 1923) was a Second Boer War general, like his older brother Piet Cronjé (1836 – 1911).

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Archibald Hunter

General Sir Archibald Hunter, (6 September 1856 – 28 June 1936) was a senior officer in the British Army who distinguished himself during the Boer War.

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Armoured train

An armoured train (Commonwealth English) or armored train (American English) is a railway train protected with heavy metal plating and which often includes railway wagons armed with artillery, machine guns, and autocannons.

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Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician.

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Arthur Lynch (politician)

Arthur Alfred Lynch (16 October 1861 – 25 March 1934) was an Irish Australian civil engineer, physician, journalist, author, soldier, anti-imperialist and polymath.

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Artillery

Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms.

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Artillery in the Second Boer War

The Second Boer War saw attempted application of bombardment as an alternative to the use of ground forces.

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Attrition warfare

Attrition warfare is a military strategy consisting of belligerent attempts to win a war by wearing down the enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in personnel, materiel and morale.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian Government

The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government or the Federal Government, is the national executive government of the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy.

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Australian New Wave

The Australian New Wave (also known as the Australian Film Revival, Australian Film Renaissance, or New Australian Cinema) was an era of resurgence in worldwide popularity of Australian cinema, particularly in the United States.

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Australian War Memorial

The Australian War Memorial (AWM) is a national war memorial and museum dedicated to all Australians who died during war.

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Australians

Australians, colloquially known as Aussies or Antipodeans, are the citizens, nationals and individuals associated with the country of Australia.

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Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918.

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Ballarat

Ballarat (balla arat) is a city in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia.

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Barbed wire

Roll of modern agricultural barbed wire Barbed wire, also known as barb wire, is a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strands.

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Barney Barnato

Barney Barnato (born Barnet Isaacs; 21 February 1851 – 14 June 1897) was a British Randlord and diamond magnate who was one of the entrepreneurs who gained control of diamond mining, and later, gold mining in South Africa from the 1870s up to World War I. He was known as a rival of Cecil Rhodes.

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Barrister

A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions.

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Basutoland

Basutoland was a British Crown colony that existed from 1884 to 1966 in present-day Lesotho, bordered with the Cape Colony, Natal Colony and Orange River Colony until 1910 and completely surrounded by South Africa from 1910.

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Battle of Bakenlaagte

The Battle of Bakenlaagte occurred on 30 October 1901 during the guerrilla phase of Anglo-Boer war of 1899–1902. Second Boer War and Battle of Bakenlaagte are 1901 in South Africa and conflicts in 1901.

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Battle of Belmont (1899)

The Battle of Belmont was an engagement of the Second Boer War on 23 November 1899, where the British under Lord Methuen assaulted a Boer position on Belmont kopje. Second Boer War and Battle of Belmont (1899) are conflicts in 1899.

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Battle of Bergendal

The Battle of Berg-en-dal (also known as the Battle of Belfast or Battle of Dalmanutha) took place in South Africa during the Second Anglo-Boer War. Second Boer War and Battle of Bergendal are 1900 in South Africa and conflicts in 1900.

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Battle of Blaauwberg

The Battle of Blaauwberg, also known as the Battle of Cape Town, fought near Cape Town on Wednesday 8 January 1806, was a small but significant military engagement during the War of the Third Coalition, one of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Battle of Blood River Poort

In the Battle of Blood River Poort or Scheeper's Nek on 17 September 1901 a Boer commando led by Louis Botha crushed a British force commanded by Major Hubert Gough during the Second Boer War. Second Boer War and Battle of Blood River Poort are conflicts in 1901.

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Battle of Bothaville

The Battle of Bothaville (Doornkraal) on 6 November 1900 was a rare defeat of Christiaan de Wet's Boer commando at the hands of a force of British Mounted Infantry (MI). Second Boer War and Battle of Bothaville are 1900 in South Africa and conflicts in 1900.

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Battle of Colenso

The Battle of Colenso was the third and final battle fought during the Black Week of the Second Boer War. Second Boer War and battle of Colenso are conflicts in 1899.

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Battle of Diamond Hill

The Battle of Diamond Hill (Donkerhoek) was an engagement of the Second Boer War that took place on 11 and 12 June 1900 in central Transvaal. Second Boer War and Battle of Diamond Hill are 1900 in South Africa and conflicts in 1900.

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Battle of Elands River (1901)

The Battle of Elands River took place near the Elands River Poort mountain pass on 17 September 1901 during the Second Boer War. Second Boer War and Battle of Elands River (1901) are 1901 in South Africa and conflicts in 1901.

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Battle of Elandslaagte

The Battle of Elandslaagte (21 October 1899) took place during the Second Boer War, and was one of the few clear-cut tactical victories won by the British during the conflict. Second Boer War and Battle of Elandslaagte are conflicts in 1899.

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Battle of France

The Battle of France (bataille de France; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign (German: Westfeldzug), the French Campaign (Frankreichfeldzug, campagne de France) and the Fall of France, during the Second World War was the German invasion of France, that notably introduced tactics that are still used.

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Battle of Graspan

The Battle of Graspan, also known as the Battle of Enslin, was an engagement in the Second Boer War near the Enslin railway station at Graspan kopje. Second Boer War and Battle of Graspan are conflicts in 1899.

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Battle of Groenkloof

In the Battle of Groenkloof on 5 September 1901, a British column under Colonel Harry Scobell defeated and captured a small Boer commando led by Commandant Lötter in the Cape Colony during the Second Boer War. Second Boer War and Battle of Groenkloof are 1901 in South Africa and conflicts in 1901.

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Battle of Groenkop

In the Battle of Groenkop (Battle of Tweefontein) on 25 December 1901, Head Commandant Christiaan de Wet's Boer commando surprised and defeated a force of Imperial Yeomanry under the command of Major Williams. Second Boer War and Battle of Groenkop are 1901 in South Africa and conflicts in 1901.

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Battle of Holkrans

The Battle of Holkrans or Holkrantz (6 May 1902) took place at Holkrans, near Vryheid in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa during the second Anglo-Boer War. Second Boer War and Battle of Holkrans are conflicts in 1902.

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Battle of Kraaipan

The Battle of Kraaipan was the first engagement of the Second Anglo-Boer War, fought at Kraaipan, South Africa on 12 October 1899. Second Boer War and Battle of Kraaipan are 1899 in South Africa and conflicts in 1899.

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Battle of Leliefontein

The Battle of Leliefontein (also known as the Battle of Witkloof) was an engagement between British-Canadian and Boer forces during the Second Boer War on 7 November 1900, at the Komati River south of Belfast at the present day Nooitgedacht Dam. Second Boer War and Battle of Leliefontein are 1900 in South Africa and conflicts in 1900.

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Battle of Magersfontein

The Battle of MagersfonteinSpelt incorrectly in various English texts as "Majersfontein", "Maaghersfontein" and "Maagersfontein". Second Boer War and Battle of Magersfontein are conflicts in 1899.

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Battle of Majuba Hill

The Battle of Majuba Hill on 27 February 1881 was the final and decisive battle of the First Boer War that was a resounding victory for the Boers.

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Battle of Megiddo (1918)

The Battle of Megiddo was fought between 19 and 25 September 1918, on the Plain of Sharon, in front of Tulkarm, Tabsor and Arara in the Judean Hills as well as on the Esdralon Plain at Nazareth, Afulah, Beisan, Jenin and Samakh.

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Battle of Modder River

The Battle of Modder River (lit, fought near the confluence of the Modder and Riet Rivers) was an engagement in the Boer War, fought at Modder River, on 28 November 1899. Second Boer War and Battle of Modder River are conflicts in 1899.

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Battle of Mons

The Battle of Mons was the first major action of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in the First World War.

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Battle of Nooitgedacht

In the Battle of Nooitgedacht on 13 December 1900, Boer commandos led by Generals Koos de la Rey and Christiaan Beyers combined to deal a defeat to a British brigade under the command of Major General R. A. P. Clements during the Second Boer War. Second Boer War and Battle of Nooitgedacht are conflicts in 1900.

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Battle of Paardeberg

The Battle of Paardeberg or Perdeberg ("Horse Mountain", 18–27 February 1900) was a major battle during the Second Anglo-Boer War. Second Boer War and battle of Paardeberg are conflicts in 1900.

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Battle of Poplar Grove

The Battle of Poplar Grove (Afrikaans: Slag van Abrahamskraal) was an incident on 7 March 1900 during the Second Boer War in South Africa. Second Boer War and Battle of Poplar Grove are conflicts in 1900.

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Battle of Rooiwal

The Battle of Rooiwal was an engagement of the Second Boer War. Second Boer War and Battle of Rooiwal are conflicts in 1902.

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Battle of Spion Kop

The Battle of Spion Kop (Slag bij Spionkop.; Slag van Spioenkop) was a military engagement between British forces and two Boer Republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, during the campaign by the British to relieve the besieged city Ladysmith during the initial months of the Second Boer War. Second Boer War and Battle of Spion Kop are 1900 in South Africa and conflicts in 1900.

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Battle of Stormberg

The Battle of Stormberg was the first British defeat of Black Week, in which three successive British forces were defeated by Boer irregulars in the Second Boer War. Second Boer War and Battle of Stormberg are conflicts in 1899.

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Battle of Talana Hill

The Battle of Talana Hill, also known as the Battle of Glencoe, was the first major clash of the Second Boer War. Second Boer War and Battle of Talana Hill are conflicts in 1899.

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Battle of the Tugela Heights

The Battle of Tugela (or Thukela) Heights, also known as the Battle of Pieters Hill, Battle of the Pieters, or the Battle of the Tugela River, consisted of a series of military actions lasting from 14 February through to 27 February 1900 in which General Sir Redvers Buller's British army forced Louis Botha's Boer army to lift the Siege of Ladysmith during the Second Boer War. Second Boer War and Battle of the Tugela Heights are conflicts in 1900.

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Battle of Tweebosch

In the Battle of Tweebosch or De Klipdrift on 7 March 1902, a Boer commando led by Koos de la Rey defeated a British column under the command of Lieutenant General Lord Methuen during the final months of the Second Boer War. Second Boer War and Battle of Tweebosch are conflicts in 1902.

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Battle of Vaal Krantz

The Battle of Vaal Krantz (Afrikaans: Slag van Vaalkrans, 5 - 7 February 1900) was the third failed attempt by General Redvers Buller's British army to fight its way past Louis Botha's army of Boer irregulars and lift the Siege of Ladysmith. Second Boer War and Battle of Vaal Krantz are 1900 in South Africa and conflicts in 1900.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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Bechuanaland Protectorate

The Bechuanaland Protectorate was a protectorate established on 31 March 1885 in Southern Africa by the United Kingdom.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.

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Berlin Conference

The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 met on 15 November 1884 and, after an adjournment, concluded on 26 February 1885 with the signature of a General Act, by Keith, Arthur Berriedale, 1919, p. 52.

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Berlin Missionary Society

The Berlin Missionary Society (BMS) or Society for the Advancement of evangelistic Missions amongst the Heathen (German: Berliner Missionsgesellschaft or Gesellschaft zur Beförderung der evangelischen Missionen unter den Heiden) was a German Protestant (Lutheran) Christian missionary society that was constituted on 29 February 1824 by a group of pious laymen from the Prussian nobility.

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Bermuda

Bermuda (historically known as the Bermudas or Somers Isles) is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Big Hole

The Kimberley Mine or Tim Kuilmine (Groot Gat) is an open-pit and underground mine in Kimberley, South Africa, and claimed to be the deepest hole excavated by hand, although this claim is disputed by Jagersfontein.

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Bittereinder

The Bittereinders or irreconcilables were a faction of Boer guerrilla fighters, resisting the forces of the British Empire in the later stages of the Second Boer War (1899–1902).

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Black Week

Black Week refers to the week of Sunday 10 December – Sunday 17 December 1899 during the Second Boer War, when the British Army suffered three devastating defeats by the Boer Republics at the battles of Stormberg on Sunday 10 December, Magersfontein on Monday 11 December and Colenso on Friday 15 December 1899. Second Boer War and Black Week are 1899 in South Africa.

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Blockhouse

A blockhouse is a small fortification, usually consisting of one or more rooms with loopholes, allowing its defenders to fire in various directions.

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Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein, also known as Bloem, is the capital and the largest city of the Free State province in South Africa.

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Bloemfontein Conference

The Bloemfontein Conference was a meeting that took place at the railway station of Bloemfontein, capital of the Orange Free State from 31 May until 5 June 1899. Second Boer War and Bloemfontein Conference are 1890s in South Africa, 1890s in Transvaal, 1899 beginnings, 1899 in South Africa, Boer Republics, Boer Wars, British colonisation in Africa, conflicts in 1899, military history of the British Empire, south Africa–United Kingdom relations, Victorian era, wars involving the South African Republic, wars involving the United Kingdom and wars involving the states and peoples of Africa.

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Boer commando

The Boer Commandos or "Kommandos" were volunteer military units of guerilla militia organized by the Boer people of South Africa.

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Boer foreign volunteers

Boer foreign volunteers were participants who volunteered their military services to the Boers in the Second Boer War.

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Boer republics

The Boer republics (sometimes also referred to as Boer states) were independent, self-governing republics formed (especially in the last half of the 19th century) by Dutch-speaking inhabitants of the Cape Colony and their descendants. Second Boer War and Boer republics are Boer Republics.

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Boers

Boers (Boere are the descendants of the proto Afrikaans-speaking Free Burghers of the eastern Cape frontier in Southern Africa during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. From 1652 to 1795, the Dutch East India Company controlled Dutch Cape Colony, but the United Kingdom incorporated it into the British Empire in 1806.

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Boiling down

Boiling down was the term used in Australia for the process of rendering the fat from animal carcasses to produce tallow.

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Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.

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Bovril

Bovril is the trademarked name of a thick and salty meat extract paste, similar to a yeast extract, developed in the 1870s by John Lawson Johnston.

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Brandwater Basin

The Brandwater Basin is the drainage basin of the Brandwater River (Afrikaans: Brandwaterrivier), a tributary of the Grootspruit River in the south-east of Orange Free State, South Africa, north of Lesotho.

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Breaker Morant

Harry Harbord Morant (born Edwin Henry Murrant, 9 December 1864 – 27 February 1902), better known as Breaker Morant, was an English horseman, bush balladist, military officer, and war criminal who was convicted and executed for murdering nine prisoners-of-war (POWs) and three captured civilians in three separate incidents during the Second Boer War.

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Breaker Morant (film)

Breaker Morant is a 1980 Australian war drama film directed by Bruce Beresford, who co-wrote the screenplay based on Kenneth G. Ross's 1978 play of the same name.

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Breaker Morant (play)

Breaker Morant: A Play in Two Acts is an Australian play written by Kenneth G. Ross, centred on the court-martial and the last days of Lieutenant Harry "Breaker" Morant (1864–1902) of the Bushveldt Carbineers (BVC), that was first performed at the Athenaeum Theatre, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on Thursday, 2 February 1978, by the Melbourne Theatre Company.

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Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University (BYU) is a private research university in Provo, Utah, United States.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force. Second Boer War and British Army are wars involving the United Kingdom.

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British Ceylon

British Ceylon (Britānya Laṃkāva; Biritthāṉiya Ilaṅkai), officially British Settlements and Territories in the Island of Ceylon with its Dependencies from 1802 to 1833, then the Island of Ceylon and its Territories and Dependencies from 1833 to 1931 and finally the Island of Ceylon and its Dependencies from 1931 to 1948, was the British Crown colony of present-day Sri Lanka between 1796 and 4 February 1948.

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British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. Second Boer War and British Empire are Victorian era.

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British logistics in the Second Boer War

The Second Boer War (1899–1902) involved a global logistics effort to provide that which is needed as part of any military action, as well as, the local conditions that require out of the area resources be imported due, as in the case with southern Africa, the limited amount available from local sources or the loss of local sources due to the hostilities.

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British Raj

The British Raj (from Hindustani, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent,.

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British South Africa Company

The British South Africa Company (BSAC or BSACo) was chartered in 1889 following the amalgamation of Cecil Rhodes' Central Search Association and the London-based Exploring Company Ltd, which had originally competed to capitalize on the expected mineral wealth of Mashonaland but united because of common economic interests and to secure British government backing.

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British South Africa Police

The British South Africa Police (BSAP) was, for most of its existence, the police force of Southern Rhodesia and Rhodesia (renamed Zimbabwe in 1980).

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Bruce Beresford

Bruce Beresford (born 16 August 1940) is an Australian film director, opera director, screenwriter, and producer.

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Buffelspoort

Buffelspoort is the westernmost of five defiles that cut through the Swartberg Mountain range, situated in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

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Burgher (Boer republics)

In the Boer Republics of 19th century South Africa, a burgher was a fully enfranchised citizen.

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Bushveldt Carbineers

The Bushveldt Carbineers (BVC) were a short-lived, irregular mounted infantry regiment, raised in South Africa during the Second Boer War.

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Cairo–Cape Town Highway

The Cairo–Cape Town Highway is Trans-African Highway 4 in the transcontinental road network being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Development Bank (AfDB), and the African Union.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Canberra

Canberra is the capital city of Australia.

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Canning, Nova Scotia

Canning is a village in northeastern Kings County, Nova Scotia located at the crossroads of Route 221 and Route 358.

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Cape Colony

The Cape Colony (Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope. Second Boer War and Cape Colony are south Africa–United Kingdom relations.

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Cape Coloureds

Cape Coloureds are a South African ethnic classification consisting primarily of persons of mixed race African, Asian and European descent.

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Cape of Good Hope

The Cape of Good Hope (Kaap die Goeie Hoop) is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa.

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Cape Town

Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa.

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Cassell (publisher)

Cassell is a British book publishing house, founded in 1848 by John Cassell (1817–1865), which became in the 1890s an international publishing group company.

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Casus belli

A casus belli is an act or an event that either provokes or is used to justify a war.

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Cavalry

Historically, cavalry (from the French word cavalerie, itself derived from cheval meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback.

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Cecil Rhodes

Cecil John Rhodes (5 July 185326 March 1902) was an English mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. Second Boer War and Cecil Rhodes are British colonisation in Africa.

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Central South African Railways

The Central South African Railways (CSAR) was from 1902 to 1910 the operator of public railways in the Transvaal Colony and Orange River Colony in what is now South Africa.

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Charles Warren

General Sir Charles Warren, (7 February 1840 – 21 January 1927) was an officer in the British Royal Engineers.

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Christiaan de Wet

Christiaan Rudolf de Wet (7 October 1854 – 3 February 1922) was a Boer general, rebel leader and politician.

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Christiaan Frederik Beyers

Christiaan Frederik Beyers (23 September 1869 – 8 December 1914) was a Boer general during the Second Boer War.

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Christians

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Civil Service (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, the Civil Service is the permanent bureaucracy or secretariat of Crown employees that supports His Majesty's Government, which is led by a cabinet of ministers chosen by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Clarens, Switzerland

Clarens-Montreux or Clarens is a neighborhood in the municipality of Montreux, in the canton of Vaud, in Switzerland.

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Climate of Australia

Australia's climate is governed mostly by its size and by the hot, sinking air of the subtropical high pressure belt (subtropical ridge or Australian High). This moves north-west and north-east with the seasons. The climate is variable, with frequent droughts lasting several seasons, thought to be caused in part by the El Niño-Southern Oscillation.

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Colenso, South Africa

Colenso is a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Colesberg

Colesberg is a town with 17,354 inhabitants in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, located on the main N1 road from Cape Town to Johannesburg.

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Colony of Natal

The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa. Second Boer War and colony of Natal are south Africa–United Kingdom relations.

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Colony of New South Wales

The Colony of New South Wales was a colony of the British Empire from 1788 to 1901, when it became a State of the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Colony of New Zealand

The Colony of New Zealand was a colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that encompassed the islands of New Zealand which was proclaimed by its British settler population in 1841, and which lasted until 1907.

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Colony of Queensland

The Colony of Queensland was a colony of the British Empire from 1859 to 1901, when it became a State in the federal Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901.

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Colony of Tasmania

The Colony of Tasmania (more commonly referred to simply as "Tasmania") was a British colony that existed on the island of Tasmania from 1856 until 1901, when it federated together with the five other Australian colonies to form the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Coloureds

Coloureds (Kleurlinge) refers to members of multiracial ethnic communities in South Africa who have ancestry from African, European, and Asian people.

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Commandos (United Kingdom)

The Commandos, also known as the British Commandos, were formed during the Second World War in June 1940, following a request from Winston Churchill, for special forces that could carry out raids against German-occupied Europe.

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Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire from which it developed.

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Company rule in Rhodesia

The British South Africa Company's administration of what became Rhodesia was chartered in 1889 by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and began with the Pioneer Column's march north-east to Mashonaland in 1890.

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Concentration camp

A concentration camp is a form of internment camp for confining political prisoners or politically targeted demographics, such as members of national or minority ethnic groups, on the grounds of state security, or for exploitation or punishment.

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Congress Poland

Congress Poland or Congress Kingdom of Poland, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland, was a polity created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a semi-autonomous Polish state, a successor to Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw.

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Conscription

Conscription is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.

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Counterinsurgency

Counterinsurgency (COIN, or NATO spelling counter-insurgency) is "the totality of actions aimed at defeating irregular forces".

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Coup de grâce

A coup de grâce ('blow of mercy') is a death blow to end the suffering of a severely wounded person or animal.

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Court-martial

A court-martial or court martial (plural courts-martial or courts martial, as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court.

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Court-martial of Breaker Morant

The 1902 court-martial of Breaker Morant was a war crimes prosecution that brought to trial six officersLieutenants Harry "Breaker" Morant, Peter Handcock, George Witton, Henry Picton, Captain Alfred Taylor and Major Robert Lenehanof the Bushveldt Carbineers (BVC), an irregular regiment of mounted rifles during the Second Boer War.

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Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between the Russian Empire and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom, and Sardinia-Piedmont. Second Boer War and Crimean War are wars involving the United Kingdom.

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Damaraland

Damaraland was a name given to the north-central part of South West Africa, which later became Namibia, inhabited by the Damaras.

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Daniel Heese

Carl August Daniel Heese (24 February 1867 – 23 August 1901) was a South African missionary murdered during the Second Boer War.

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David Lloyd George

David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922.

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Deneys Reitz

Deneys Reitz (1882–1944), son of Francis William Reitz, was a Boer warrior who fought in the Second Boer War for the Boer Republics against the British Empire.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.

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Diamond rush

A diamond rush is a period of feverish migration of workers to an area where diamonds were newly discovered.

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Dominion

A dominion was any of several largely self-governing countries of the British Empire.

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Doornkop

Doornkop (literally "thorn hill") is a ridge and locality on the western outskirts of Soweto in the Gauteng Province, South Africa.

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Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig

Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, (19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a senior officer of the British Army.

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Drakensberg

The Drakensberg (Zulu: uKhahlamba, Sotho: Maloti, Afrikaans: Drakensberge) is the eastern portion of the Great Escarpment, which encloses the central Southern African plateau.

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Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal

The coal mining town of Dundee is situated in a valley of the Biggarsberg mountains in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Dutch Cape Colony

The Dutch Cape Colony (Kaapkolonie) was a Dutch United East India Company (VOC) colony in Southern Africa, centered on the Cape of Good Hope, from where it derived its name.

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Dutch East India Company

The United East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, abbreviated as VOC), commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a chartered trading company and one of the first joint-stock companies in the world.

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Dutch people

The Dutch (Dutch) are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands.

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Dysentery

Dysentery, historically known as the bloody flux, is a type of gastroenteritis that results in bloody diarrhea.

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Edward Brabant

Major-General Sir Edward Yewd Brabant, (31 May 1839 – 13 December 1914) was a British military commander in colonial South Africa.

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Emily Hobhouse

Emily Hobhouse (9 April 1860 – 8 June 1926) was a British welfare campaigner, anti-war activist, and pacifist.

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Empire

An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries".

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English Canadians

English Canadians (Canadiens anglais), or Anglo-Canadians (Anglo-canadiens), refers to either Canadians of English ethnic origin and heritage or to English-speaking or Anglophone Canadians of any ethnic origin; it is used primarily in contrast with French Canadians.

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Eswatini

Eswatini (eSwatini), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and also known by its former official name Swaziland and formerly the Kingdom of Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Execution by firing squad

Execution by firing squad, in the past sometimes called fusillading (from the French fusil, rifle), is a method of capital punishment, particularly common in the military and in times of war.

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Federation of Australia

The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia (which also governed what is now the Northern Territory), and Western Australia agreed to unite and form the Commonwealth of Australia, establishing a system of federalism in Australia.

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Federation of Malaya

The Federation of Malaya (Malay: Persekutuan Tanah Melayu; Jawi: ڤرسكوتوان تانه ملايو), more commonly known as Malaya, was a country of what previously had been the Malayan Union and, before that, British Malaya.

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Field Commander

Field Commander is a military turn-based tactics game for the PlayStation Portable.

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First Boer War

The First Boer War (Eerste Vryheidsoorlog, literally "First Freedom War"), was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881 between the United Kingdom and Boers of the Transvaal (as the South African Republic was known while under British administration). Second Boer War and First Boer War are Boer Republics, Boer Wars, British colonisation in Africa, military history of the British Empire, south Africa–United Kingdom relations, Victorian era, wars involving the South African Republic, wars involving the United Kingdom and wars involving the states and peoples of Africa.

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First Italo-Ethiopian War

The First Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the First Italo-Abyssinian War, or simply in Italy as the Abyssinian War (Guerra d'Abissinia), was a war fought between Italy and Ethiopia from 1895 to 1896.

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Folk hero

A folk hero or national hero is a type of hero – real, fictional or mythological – with their name, personality and deeds embedded in the popular consciousness of a people, mentioned frequently in folk songs, folk tales and other folklore; and with modern trope status in literature, art and films.

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François-Louis Lessard

Major General François-Louis Lessard, (December 9, 1860 – August 7, 1927) was a Canadian Army officer, most known for his service during the Second Boer War.

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Francophonie

The Francophonie or Francophone world is the whole body of people and organisations around the world who use the French language regularly for private or public purposes.

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Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts

Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, (30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914) was a British Victorian era general who became one of the most successful British military commanders of his time.

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Frederick Russell Burnham

Major Frederick Russell Burnham DSO (May 11, 1861 – September 1, 1947) was an American scout and world-traveling adventurer.

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Frederick William Borden

Sir Frederick William Borden, (May 14, 1847 – January 6, 1917) was a Canadian politician.

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French Fourth Republic

The French Fourth Republic (Quatrième république française) was the republican government of France from 27 October 1946 to 4 October 1958, governed by the fourth republican constitution of 13 October 1946.

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French Third Republic

The French Third Republic (Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe République) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940, after the Fall of France during World War II led to the formation of the Vichy government.

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G. K. Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English author, philosopher, Christian apologist, and literary and art critic.

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Gale & Polden

Gale and Polden was a British printer and publisher.

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Geography of Australia

The geography of Australia encompasses a wide variety of biogeographic regions being the world's smallest continent, while comprising the territory of the sixth-largest country in the world.

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George de Villebois-Mareuil

George Henri Anne-Marie Victor count de Villebois-Mareuil or by his shortened name George de Villebois-Mareuil (22 March 1847, in Montaigu, Brittany, France – 6 April 1900, in Boshof, Orange Free State, South Africa) was a former colonel in the French infantry who fought and died on the side of the Boers during the Second Anglo-Boer War.

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George Francis Robert Henderson

Colonel George Francis Robert Henderson, CB (2 June 1854 – 5 March 1903) was a British Army officer and author best known for writing Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War (1898).

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George White (British Army officer)

Field Marshal Sir George Stuart White, (6 July 1835 – 24 June 1912) was an officer of the British Army.

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George Witton

George Ramsdale Witton (28 June 1874 – 14 August 1942) was a lieutenant in the Bushveldt Carbineers in the Boer War in South Africa.

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Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and West Asia.

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German Emperor

The German Emperor (Deutscher Kaiser) was the official title of the head of state and hereditary ruler of the German Empire.

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German Empire

The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.

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German South West Africa

German South West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 until 1915, though Germany did not officially recognise its loss of this territory until the 1919 Treaty of Versailles.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Gideon Scheepers

Gideon Scheepers (4 April 1878 – 18 January 1902) was a Boer military leader, scout and heliographer during the Anglo-Boer War (also known as the South African war).

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Gold rush

A gold rush or gold fever is a discovery of gold—sometimes accompanied by other precious metals and rare-earth minerals—that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune.

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Government of the United Kingdom

The Government of the United Kingdom (formally His Majesty's Government, abbreviated to HM Government) is the central executive authority of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Graaff-Reinet

Graaff-Reinet Xhosa(eRhafu) is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

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Grand jury

A grand jury is a jury—a group of citizens—empowered by law to conduct legal proceedings, investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought.

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Great Trek

The Great Trek (Die Groot Trek; De Grote Trek) was a northward migration of Dutch-speaking settlers who travelled by wagon trains from the Cape Colony into the interior of modern South Africa from 1836 onwards, seeking to live beyond the Cape's British colonial administration.

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Griffith University

Griffith University is a public research university in South East Queensland on the east coast of Australia.

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Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare is a form of unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military, such as rebels, partisans, paramilitary personnel or armed civilians including recruited children, use ambushes, sabotage, terrorism, raids, petty warfare or hit-and-run tactics in a rebellion, in a violent conflict, in a war or in a civil war to fight against regular military, police or rival insurgent forces.

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Hamilton MacCarthy

Hamilton Thomas Carlton Plantagenet MacCarthy (28 July 1846 – 24 October 1939) was one of the earliest masters of monumental bronze sculpture in Canada.

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Hansard

Hansard is the transcripts of parliamentary debates in Britain and many Commonwealth countries.

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Harold B. Lee Library

The Harold B. Lee Library (HBLL) is the main academic library of Brigham Young University (BYU) located in Provo, Utah.

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Harold Lothrop Borden

Lieutenant Harold Lothrop Borden (23 May 1876 – 16 July 1900) was from Canning, Nova Scotia and the only son of Canada's Minister of Defence and Militia, Frederick William Borden and related to future Prime Minister Robert Laird Borden.

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Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator.

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Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer

Field Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, (13 March 1857 – 16 July 1932) was a senior British Army officer of the First World War.

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Highland Brigade (United Kingdom)

The Highland Brigade is a historical unit of the British Army, which has been formed and reformed a number of times.

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Historical Publications Southern Africa

Historical Publications Southern Africa (HiPSA) is a South African text publication society which publishes or republishes primary sources relating to southern African history.

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History of Ireland (1801–1923)

Ireland was part of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1922. Second Boer War and History of Ireland (1801–1923) are Victorian era.

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History of Lesotho

The history of people living in the area now known as Lesotho goes back as many as 400 years.

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History of South Africa

The first modern humans are believed to have inhabited South Africa more than 100,000 years ago.

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History of the British 1st Division (1809–1909)

The 1st Division is an infantry division of the British Army that has been formed and disestablished numerous times since 1809 and is still currently active as the 1st (United Kingdom) Division.

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Hit-and-run tactics

Hit-and-run tactics are a tactical doctrine of using short surprise attacks, withdrawing before the enemy can respond in force, and constantly maneuvering to avoid full engagement with the enemy.

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HM Prison Holloway

HM Prison Holloway was a closed category prison for adult women and young offenders in Holloway, London, England, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.

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HNLMS Gelderland (1898)

HNLMS Gelderland (Hr.Ms.) was a protected cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

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Hong Kong University Press

Hong Kong University Press (abbreviated as HKU Press) is the university press of the University of Hong Kong.

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Horse Memorial

The Horse Memorial is a provincial heritage site in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, in memory of the horses that served and died during the Second Boer War, where Britain brought a large number of horses to South Africa.

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Hubert Hamilton

Major-General Hubert Ion Wetherall Hamilton, (27 June 1861 – 14 October 1914) was a senior British Army officer who served with distinction throughout his career, seeing battle in the Mahdist War in Egypt and the Second Boer War in South Africa, before being given command of the 3rd Division at the outbreak of the First World War.

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Huguenots

The Huguenots were a religious group of French Protestants who held to the Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestantism.

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I Corps (United Kingdom)

I Corps ("First Corps") was an army corps in existence as an active formation in the British Army for most of the 80 years from its creation in the First World War until the end of the Cold War, longer than any other corps.

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Ian Hamilton (British Army officer)

General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, (16 January 1853 – 12 October 1947) was a senior British Army officer who had an extensive British Imperial military career in the Victorian and Edwardian eras.

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Imperial Yeomanry

The Imperial Yeomanry was a volunteer mounted force of the British Army that mainly saw action during the Second Boer War.

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Imperialism

Imperialism is the practice, theory or attitude of maintaining or extending power over foreign nations, particularly through expansionism, employing both hard power (military and economic power) and soft power (diplomatic power and cultural imperialism).

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In Flanders Fields

"In Flanders Fields" is a war poem in the form of a rondeau, written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian Ambulance Corps

The Natal Indian Ambulance Corps was created by Mahatma Gandhi for use by the British as stretcher bearers during the Second Boer War, with expenses met by the local Indian community.

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Indian South Africans

Indian South Africans are South Africans who descend from indentured labourers and free migrants who arrived from British India during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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Irish commandos

Two Irish Commandos, volunteer military units of guerrilla militia, fought alongside the Boers against the British forces during the Second Boer War (1899–1902).

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Irish nationalism

Irish nationalism is a nationalist political movement which, in its broadest sense, asserts that the people of Ireland should govern Ireland as a sovereign state.

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Irregular military

Irregular military is any non-standard military component that is distinct from a country's national armed forces.

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James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon

James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon PC PC (NI) DL (8 January 1871 – 24 November 1940), was a leading Irish unionist and a key architect of Northern Ireland as a devolved region within the United Kingdom.

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Jameson Raid

The Jameson Raid (Afrikaans: Jameson-inval,, 29 December 1895 – 2 January 1896) was a botched raid against the South African Republic (commonly known as the Transvaal) carried out by British colonial administrator Leander Starr Jameson, under the employment of Cecil Rhodes. Second Boer War and Jameson Raid are wars involving the South African Republic.

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Jan Kemp (general)

Jan Christoffel Greyling Kemp (10 June 1872 – 31 December 1946) was a South African Boer officer, rebel general, and politician.

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Jan Smuts

Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, (baptismal name Jan Christiaan Smuts, 24 May 1870 11 September 1950) was a South African statesman, military leader and philosopher.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Jingoism

Jingoism is nationalism in the form of aggressive and proactive foreign policy, such as a country's advocacy for the use of threats or actual force, as opposed to peaceful relations, in efforts to safeguard what it perceives as its national interests.

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Johannes Lötter

Johannes Cornelius Jacobus "Hans" Lötter (January 15, 1875 – October 12, 1901) was a Boer commander who fought, and was executed as a war criminal by the British during the Second Boer War.

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Johannesburg

Johannesburg (Zulu and Xhosa: eGoli) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa with 4,803,262 people, and is classified as a megacity; it is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world.

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Johannesburg Reform Committee

The Reform Committee was an organisation of prominent Johannesburg citizens that existed late 1895 and early 1896.

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John French, 1st Earl of Ypres

Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, (28 September 1852 – 22 May 1925), known as Sir John French from 1901 to 1916, and as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was a senior British Army officer.

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John McCrae

Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae (November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during the World War I and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium.

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Joseph Chamberlain

Joseph Chamberlain (8 July 1836 – 2 July 1914) was a British statesman who was first a radical Liberal, then a Liberal Unionist after opposing home rule for Ireland, and eventually was a leading imperialist in coalition with the Conservatives.

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Justice of the peace

A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower court, elected or appointed by means of a commission (letters patent) to keep the peace.

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Kangaroo court

Kangaroo court is an informal pejorative term for a court that ignores recognized standards of law or justice, carries little or no official standing in the territory within which it resides, and is typically convened ad hoc.

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Keir Hardie

James Keir Hardie (15 August 185626 September 1915) was a Scottish trade unionist and politician.

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Khaki election

In Westminster systems of government, a khaki election is any national election which is heavily influenced by wartime or postwar sentiment.

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Killed in action

Killed in action (KIA) is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own personnel at the hands of enemy or hostile forces at the moment of action.

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Kimberley, Northern Cape

Kimberley is the capital and largest city of the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

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Kingdom of Italy

The Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 10 June 1946, when the monarchy was abolished, following civil discontent that led to an institutional referendum on 2 June 1946.

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Kitchener's Horse

Kitchener's Horse were a colonial unit of the British Army during the Boer War of 1899–1902.

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Klondike Gold Rush

The Klondike Gold Rush was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of Yukon, in north-western Canada, between 1896 and 1899.

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Komatipoort

Komatipoort is a town situated at the confluence of the Crocodile and Komati Rivers in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.

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Koos de la Rey

Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey (22 October 1847 – 15 September 1914), better known as Koos de la Rey, was a South African military officer who served as a Boer general during the Second Boer War.

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Kroonstad

Kroonstad (Afrikaans directly translated "Crown City"), also known as Maokeng, is the fourth largest town in the Free State (after Bloemfontein, Welkom and Bethlehem) and lies two hours' drive on the N1 from Gauteng.

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Kruger telegram

The Kruger telegram was a message sent by Kaiser Wilhelm II to Paul Kruger, president of the South African Republic, on 3 January 1896. Second Boer War and Kruger telegram are Boer Republics.

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Krugersdorp

Krugersdorp (Afrikaans for Kruger's Town) is a mining city in the West Rand, Gauteng Province, South Africa founded in 1887 by Marthinus Pretorius and Abner Cohen.

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Krupp

Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp (formerly Friedrich Krupp GmbH), trading as Krupp, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century as well as Germany's premier weapons manufacturer during both world wars.

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L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library

The L. Tom Perry Special Collections is the special collections department of Brigham Young University (BYU)'s Harold B. Lee Library in Provo, Utah.

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Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal

Ladysmith is a city in the Uthukela District of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Le Creusot

Le Creusot is a commune and industrial town in the Saône-et-Loire department, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France.

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Leander Starr Jameson

Sir Leander Starr Jameson, 1st Baronet (9 February 1853 – 26 November 1917), was a British colonial politician, who was best known for his involvement in the ill-fated Jameson Raid.

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Lee–Enfield

The Lee–Enfield is a bolt-action, magazine-fed repeating rifle that served as the main firearm of the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century, and was the standard service rifle of the British Armed Forces from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957.

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Lee–Metford

The Lee–Metford (also known as the Magazine Lee–Metford) is a British bolt action rifle which combined James Paris Lee's rear-locking bolt system and detachable magazine with an innovative seven-groove rifled barrel designed by William Ellis Metford.

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Leliefontein massacre

The Leliefontein massacre occurred on 31 January 1902 during the South African War at the Leliefontein Methodist mission station in the Northern Cape, South Africa. Second Boer War and Leliefontein massacre are 1902 in South Africa.

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Lesotho

Lesotho, formally the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.

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Light cavalry

Light cavalry comprised lightly armed and armored cavalry troops mounted on fast horses, as opposed to heavy cavalry, where the mounted riders (and sometimes the warhorses) were heavily armored.

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Limpopo

Limpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa.

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Lionel Phillips

Sir Lionel Phillips, 1st Baronet (6 August 1855 – 2 July 1936) was a British-born South African financier, mining magnate and politician.

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List of Second Boer War Victoria Cross recipients

The Victoria Cross (VC) is a British military honour awarded to 78 members of the British Armed Forces for action during the Second Boer War.

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List of wars between democracies

This is an incomplete list of wars between entities that have a constitutionally democratic form of government and actually practice it.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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London Convention (1884)

The London Convention was a treaty negotiated in 1884 between Great Britain, as the paramount power in South Africa, and the South African Republic. Second Boer War and London Convention (1884) are south Africa–United Kingdom relations.

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London Missionary Society

The London Missionary Society was an interdenominational evangelical missionary society formed in England in 1795 at the instigation of Welsh Congregationalist minister Edward Williams.

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London to Ladysmith via Pretoria

London to Ladysmith via Pretoria is a book written by Winston Churchill.

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Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)

Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) (LdSH) is a regular armoured regiment of the Canadian Army and is Canada’s only tank regiment. Second Boer War and Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) are Canadian Militia.

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Louis Botha

Louis Botha (27 September 1862 – 27 August 1919) was a South African politician who was the first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, the forerunner of the modern South African state. Second Boer War and Louis Botha are 1900s in Transvaal.

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Louis Trichardt

Louis Trichardt (formerly Trichardtsdorp, and Makhado from 2003 to 2014), informally shortened to LTT, is a town at the foot of Songozwi, in the Soutpansberg mountain range in the Limpopo province of South Africa.

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Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)

The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) (until 1921 known as the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that was in existence from 1881 to 1970.

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Lydenburg

Lydenburg, also known as Mashishing, is a town in Thaba Chweu Local Municipality, on the Mpumalanga highveld, South Africa.

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Magersfontein

The MagersfonteinMisspelt "Maaghersfontein" in some British texts battlefield is a site of the Battle of Magersfontein (11 December 1899), part of the Second Boer War in South Africa.

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Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (ISO: Mōhanadāsa Karamacaṁda Gāṁdhī; 2 October 186930 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule.

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Makhanda, South Africa

Makhanda, formerly known as Grahamstown, is a town of about 75,000 people in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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Malayan Emergency

The Malayan Emergency, also known as the Anti-British National Liberation War was a guerrilla war fought in British Malaya between communist pro-independence fighters of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) and the military forces of the Federation of Malaya, British Empire and Commonwealth. Second Boer War and Malayan Emergency are guerrilla wars, wars involving Australia and wars involving the United Kingdom.

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Manie Maritz

Manie Maritz (26 July 1876 – 20 December 1940), also known as Gerrit Maritz, was a Boer officer during the Second Boer War and a leading rebel of the 1914 Maritz Rebellion.

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Manslaughter

Manslaughter is a common law legal term for homicide considered by law as less culpable than murder.

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Maputo Bay

Maputo Bay (Baía de Maputo), formerly also known as Delagoa Bay from Baía da Lagoa in Portuguese, is an inlet of the Indian Ocean on the coast of Mozambique, between 25° 40' and 26° 20' S, with a length from north to south of over 90 km long and 32 km wide.

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Maritz rebellion

The Maritz rebellion, also known as the Boer revolt, Third Boer War, or the Five Shilling rebellion,General De Wet publicly unfurled the rebel banner in October, when he entered the town of Reitz at the head of an armed commando. Second Boer War and Maritz rebellion are wars involving the South African Republic.

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Marthinus Prinsloo

Marthinus Prinsloo (1838 - 1903) was an Orange Free State Boer farmer, politician and general in the Second Boer War (1899-1902).

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Martini–Henry

The Martini–Henry is a breech-loading single-shot rifle with a lever action that was used by the British Army.

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Martinus Theunis Steyn

Martinus (or Marthinus) Theunis Steyn (2 October 1857 – 28 November 1916) was a South African lawyer, politician, and statesman.

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Mauser

Mauser, originally the Königlich Württembergische Gewehrfabrik, was a German arms manufacturer.

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Mauser Model 1895

The Mauser Model 1895 is a bolt operated magazine fed rifle using the 7×57mm Mauser cartridge.

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Maxim gun

The Maxim gun is a recoil-operated machine gun invented in 1884 by Hiram Stevens Maxim.

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McGill–Queen's University Press

The McGill–Queen's University Press (MQUP) is a Canadian university press formed as a joint venture between McGill University in Montreal, Quebec and Queen's University at Kingston in Kingston, Ontario.

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McGregor Museum

The McGregor Museum in Kimberley, South Africa, originally known as the Alexander McGregor Memorial Museum, is a multidisciplinary museum which serves Kimberley and the Northern Cape, established in 1907.

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Measles

Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable infectious disease caused by measles virus.

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Melbourne Punch

Melbourne Punch (from 1900, simply titled Punch) was an Australian illustrated magazine founded by Edgar Ray and Frederick Sinnett, and published from August 1855 to December 1925.

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Meyer de Kock

Meyer de Kock (5 October 1849 – 12 February 1901) was a citizen of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek ("ZAR") during the Second Anglo-Boer War.

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Military history of South Africa

The military history of South Africa chronicles a vast time period and complex events from the dawn of history until the present time.

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Militia

A militia is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional or part-time soldiers; citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full-time military personnel; or, historically, to members of a warrior-nobility class (e.g.

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Milner's Kindergarten

Milner's Kindergarten is the informal name of a group of Britons who served in the South African civil service under High Commissioner Alfred, Lord Milner, between the Second Boer War and the founding of the Union of South Africa in 1910.

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Minister (government)

A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers.

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Minister of Militia and Defence

The Minister of Militia and Defence was the federal government minister in charge of the volunteer army units in Canada, the Canadian Militia. Second Boer War and minister of Militia and Defence are Canadian Militia.

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Modder River

The Modder River is a river in South Africa.

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Modjadjiskloof

Modjadjiskloof (formerly Duiwelskloof) is a small town situated at the foot of the escarpment in the Limpopo province of South Africa.

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Moshoeshoe I

Moshoeshoe I (– 11 March 1870) was the first king of Lesotho.

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Mounted infantry

Mounted infantry were infantry who rode horses instead of marching.

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Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Africa to the southwest.

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Nadir

The nadir is the direction pointing directly below a particular location; that is, it is one of two vertical directions at a specified location, orthogonal to a horizontal flat surface.

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Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa.

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Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions. Second Boer War and Napoleonic Wars are wars involving the United Kingdom.

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National Scouts

The National Scouts were a military unit in South Africa created by the British authorities in 1900 during the Second Boer War (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902).

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Ned Kelly

Edward Kelly (December 185411 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader and convicted police-murderer.

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Net (device)

A net comprises threads or yarns knotted and twisted into a grid-like structure which blocks the passage of large items, while letting small items and fluids pass.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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Neville Bowles Chamberlain

Field Marshal Sir Neville Bowles Chamberlain (10 January 1820 – 18 February 1902) was a distinguished British military officer in British India.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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New Zealand Parliament

The New Zealand Parliament (Pāremata Aotearoa) is the unicameral legislature of New Zealand, consisting of the Sovereign (King-in-Parliament) and the New Zealand House of Representatives.

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No quarter

No quarter, during military conflict, implies that combatants would not be taken prisoner, but killed.

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Northern Cape

The Northern Cape (Noord-Kaap; Kapa Bokone; Mntla-Koloni) is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa.

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Northern Ndebele people

The Northern Ndebele people are a Nguni ethnic group native to Southern Africa.

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Officer commanding

The officer commanding (OC), also known as the officer in command or officer in charge (OiC), is the commander of a sub-unit or minor unit (smaller than battalion size), principally used in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth.

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Opposition to the Second Boer War

Opposition to the Second Boer War occurred both within and outside of the British Empire.

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Orange Free State

The Orange Free State (Oranje Vrijstaat; Oranje-Vrystaat) was an independent Boer sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeated and surrendered to the British Empire at the end of the Second Boer War in 1902. Second Boer War and Orange Free State are Boer Republics.

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Orange River

The Orange River (from Afrikaans/Dutch: Oranjerivier) is a river in Southern Africa.

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Orange River Colony

The Orange River Colony was the British colony created after Britain first occupied (1900) and then annexed (1902) the independent Orange Free State in the Second Boer War.

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Ordnance BL 12-pounder 7 cwt

The Ordnance BL 12-pounder 7cwtBritish military traditionally denoted smaller ordnance by the weight of its standard projectile, in this case approximately.

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Pan Books

Pan Books is a British publishing imprint that first became active in the 1940s and is now part of the British-based Macmillan Publishers, owned by the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group of Germany.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories.

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Pathology

Pathology is the study of disease and injury.

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Paul Kruger

Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (10 October 1825 – 14 July 1904), better known as Paul Kruger, was a South African politician. Second Boer War and Paul Kruger are 1890s in the South African Republic.

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Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen

Field Marshal Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen, (1 September 1845 – 30 October 1932), was a British Army officer.

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Penn Symons

Lieutenant-General Sir William Penn Symons KCB (17 July 1843 – 23 October 1899) was a British Army officer who was mortally wounded as he commanded his forces at the Battle of Talana Hill during the Second Boer War.

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Peter Handcock

Peter Joseph Handcock (17 February 1868 – 27 February 1902) was an Australian-born Veterinary Lieutenant and convicted war criminal who served in the Bushveldt Carbineers during the Boer War in South Africa.

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Philip Botha

Philip Rudolph Botha (30 June 1851 – 6 March 1901) was a Second Boer War general, like his younger brothers Louis (1862-1919), Christiaan (1864–1902) and Theunis Jacobus (1867–1930).

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Philippine–American War

The Philippine–American War, known alternatively as the Philippine Insurrection, Filipino–American War, or Tagalog Insurgency, emerged following the conclusion of the Spanish–American War in December 1898 when the United States annexed the Philippine Islands under the Treaty of Paris. Second Boer War and Philippine–American War are conflicts in 1899, conflicts in 1900, conflicts in 1901, conflicts in 1902 and guerrilla wars.

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Phoney War

The Phoney War (Drôle de guerre; Sitzkrieg) was an eight-month period at the start of World War II during which there was only one limited military land operation on the Western Front, when French troops invaded Germany's Saar district. Second Boer War and Phoney War are wars involving the United Kingdom.

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Piet Cronjé

Pieter Arnoldus "Piet" Cronjé (4 October 1836 – 4 February 1911) was a South African Boer general during the Anglo-Boer Wars of 1880–1881 and 1899–1902.

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Piet Joubert

Petrus Jacobus Joubert (20 January 1831 – 28 March 1900), better known as Piet Joubert (Slim Piet, Smart Pete), was Commandant-General of the South African Republic from 1880 to 1900.

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Pieter Hendrik Kritzinger

Pieter Hendrik Kritzinger (20 April 1870, 'Wildemanskraal', Alexandria, Port Elizabeth District, Cape Colony – 2 October 1935, Cradock, Eastern Cape), was a Boer general and Assistant Commandant of the Forces of the Orange Free State and Commander-in-Chief of the Boer Rebel Forces in the Cape Colony and noted guerrilla commander during the Second Boer War who led the Boer invasions of the Cape Colony during the Guerilla Phase of the Second Boer War.

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Pitched battle

A pitched battle or set-piece battle is a battle in which opposing forces each anticipate the setting of the battle, and each chooses to commit to it.

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Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli.

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Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.

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Polokwane

Polokwane (meaning "Sanctuary" in Northern Sotho City of Polokwane official website. Retrieved on October 15, 2009.), also known as Pietersburg, is the capital city of the Limpopo Province in South Africa.

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Portuguese Mozambique

Portuguese Mozambique (Moçambique Portuguesa) or Portuguese East Africa (África Oriental Portuguesa) were the common terms by which Mozambique was designated during the period in which it was a Portuguese colony.

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Pound sterling

Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories.

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Pretoria

Pretoria, is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa.

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Prime minister

A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system.

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Prison

A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, remand center, hoosegow, or slammer is a facility where people are imprisoned against their will and denied their liberty under the authority of the state, generally as punishment for various crimes.

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Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

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Prisoner-of-war camp

A prisoner-of-war camp (often abbreviated as POW camp) is a site for the containment of enemy fighters captured as prisoners of war by a belligerent power in time of war.

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Prone position

Prone position is a body position in which the person lies flat with the chest down and the back up.

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Provost marshal

Provost marshal is a title given to a person in charge of a group of Military Police (MP).

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QF 1-pounder pom-pom

The QF 1 pounder, universally known as the pom-pom due to the sound of its discharge, was a 37 mm British autocannon, the first of its type in the world.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Second Boer War and Queen Victoria are Victorian era.

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Raid (military)

Raiding, also known as depredation, is a military tactic or operational warfare "smash and grab" mission which has a specific purpose.

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Randlord

Randlords (randhere) were the capitalists who controlled the diamond and gold mining industries in South Africa from the 1870s up to World War I. A small number of European financiers, largely of the same generation, gained control of the diamond mining industry at Kimberley, Northern Cape.

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Rationing

Rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, services, or an artificial restriction of demand.

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Redvers Buller

General Sir Redvers Henry Buller, (7 December 1839 – 2 June 1908) was a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Refugee camp

A refugee camp is a temporary settlement built to receive refugees and people in refugee-like situations.

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Relief of Ladysmith

When the Second Boer War broke out on 11 October 1899, the Boers had a numeric superiority within Southern Africa. Second Boer War and Relief of Ladysmith are conflicts in 1900.

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Revenge

Revenge is defined as committing a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived.

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Rhodesia (region)

Rhodesia, known initially as Zambesia, is a historical region in southern Africa whose formal boundaries evolved between the 1890s and 1980.

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Rhodesia Regiment

The Rhodesia Regiment (RR) was one of the oldest and largest regiments in the Rhodesian Army.

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Rice University

Rice University, formally William Marsh Rice University, is a private research university in Houston, Texas, United States.

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Richard Seddon

Richard John Seddon (22 June 1845 – 10 June 1906) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 15th premier (prime minister) of New Zealand from 1893 until his death.

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Rickets

Rickets, scientific nomenclature: rachitis (from Greek, meaning 'in or of the spine'), is a condition that results in weak or soft bones in children and is caused by either dietary deficiency or genetic causes.

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Rimington's Guides

Rimington's Guides (also known as Rimington's Tigers or Rimington's Corps of Guides and then later as Damant's Horse) were a unit of light horse in the British Army active in the Second Boer War.

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Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, (22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Scout Movement, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of the world-wide Girl Guide/Girl Scout Movement.

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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (3 February 183022 August 1903), known as Lord Salisbury, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times for a total of over thirteen years. Second Boer War and Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury are Victorian era.

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Robert Kekewich

Major-General Robert George Kekewich, CB (17 June 1854 – 5 November 1914) was a British Army officer who saw service in four wars.

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Roger Casement

Roger David Casement (Ruairí Dáithí Mac Easmainn; 1 September 1864 – 3 August 1916), known as Sir Roger Casement, CMG, between 1911 and 1916, was a diplomat and Irish nationalist executed by the United Kingdom for treason during World War I. He worked for the British Foreign Office as a diplomat, becoming known as a humanitarian activist, and later as a poet and Easter Rising leader.

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Royal Canadian Dragoons

The Royal Canadian Dragoons (RCD) is the senior armoured regiment of the Canadian Army by precedence.

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Royal Dublin Fusiliers

The Royal Dublin Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army created in 1881 and disbanded in 1922.

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Royal Ulster Rifles

The Royal Irish Rifles (became the Royal Ulster Rifles from 1 January 1921) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army, first created in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot and the 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot.

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Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan

Field Marshal Frederick Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan, (16 October 1865 – 28 August 1946), known as Viscount Kilcoursie from 1887 until 1900, was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, in the 1920s.

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Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.

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Saint Helena

Saint Helena is one of the three constituent parts of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, a remote British overseas territory.

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Sam Hughes

Sir Samuel Hughes, (January 8, 1853 – August 23, 1921) was the Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence during World War I. He was notable for being the last Liberal-Conservative cabinet minister, until he was dismissed from his cabinet post.

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Sanna's Post

The Battle of Sanna's Post (a.k.a. Kroon Spruit) was an engagement fought during the Second Boer War (1899–1902) between the British Empire and the Boers of the two independent republics of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic. Second Boer War and Sanna's Post are 1900 in South Africa and conflicts in 1900.

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Schalk Willem Burger

Schalk Willem Burger (6 September 1852 – 5 December 1918) was a South African military leader, lawyer, politician, and statesman who was acting president of the South African Republic from 1900 to 1902, whilst Paul Kruger was in exile.

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Scorched earth

A scorched-earth policy is a military strategy of destroying everything that allows an enemy military force to be able to fight a war, including the deprivation and destruction of water, food, humans, animals, plants and any kind of tools and infrastructure.

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Scramble for Africa

The Scramble for Africa was the conquest and colonisation of most of Africa by seven Western European powers driven by the Second Industrial Revolution during the era of "New Imperialism" (1833–1914): Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Portugal and Spain.

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Second Boer War concentration camps

During the Second Anglo-Boer War which lasted from 1899–1902, the British operated concentration camps in the South Africa Republic, Orange Free State, Natal and the Cape Colony.

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Second Matabele War

The Second Matabele War, also known as the First Chimurenga, was fought in 1896 and '97 in the region later known as Southern Rhodesia, now modern-day Zimbabwe. Second Boer War and Second Matabele War are wars involving the British South Africa Company and wars involving the states and peoples of Africa.

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Secretary of State for the Colonies

The secretary of state for the colonies or colonial secretary was the Cabinet of the United Kingdom's minister in charge of managing the British Empire.

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Self-governing colony

In the British Empire, a self-governing colony was a colony with an elected government in which elected rulers were able to make most decisions without referring to the colonial power with nominal control of the colony.

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Shanty town

A shanty town, squatter area or squatter settlement is a settlement of improvised buildings known as shanties or shacks, typically made of materials such as mud and wood.

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Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Shona people

The Shona people are a Bantu ethnic group native to Southern Africa, primarily living in Zimbabwe where they form the majority of the population, as well as Mozambique, South Africa, and a worldwide diaspora.

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Siege of Kimberley

The siege of Kimberley took place during the Second Boer War at Kimberley, Cape Colony (present-day South Africa), when Boer forces from the Orange Free State and the Transvaal besieged the diamond mining town. Second Boer War and siege of Kimberley are conflicts in 1899 and conflicts in 1900.

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Siege of Ladysmith

The siege of Ladysmith was a protracted engagement in the Second Boer War, taking place between 2 November 1899 and 28 February 1900 at Ladysmith, Natal. Second Boer War and siege of Ladysmith are conflicts in 1899 and conflicts in 1900.

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Siege of Mafeking

The siege of Mafeking was a 217-day siege battle for the town of Mafeking (now called Mahikeng) in South Africa during the Second Boer War from October 1899 to May 1900. Second Boer War and siege of Mafeking are 1899 in South Africa, conflicts in 1899 and conflicts in 1900.

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Simon's Town

Simon's Town (Simonstad), sometimes spelled Simonstown, is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa and is home to Naval Base Simon's Town, the South African Navy's largest base.

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Sir William Robertson, 1st Baronet

Field Marshal Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet, (29 January 1860 – 12 February 1933) was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) – the professional head of the British Army – from 1916 to 1918 during the First World War.

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Skirmisher

Skirmishers are light infantry or light cavalry soldiers deployed as a vanguard, flank guard or rearguard to screen a tactical position or a larger body of friendly troops from enemy advances.

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Sol Plaatje

Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje (9 October 1876 – 19 June 1932) was a South African intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator and writer.

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Solicitor

A solicitor is a legal practitioner who traditionally deals with most of the legal matters in some jurisdictions.

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Sotho people

The Sotho, also known as the Basotho, are a prominent Sotho-Tswana ethnic group native to Southern Africa.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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South African Light Horse

The South African Light Horse regiment of the British Army were raised in Cape Colony in 1899 and disbanded in 1907.

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South African Republic

The South African Republic (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, abbreviated ZAR; Suid-Afrikaanse Republiek), also known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer republic in Southern Africa which existed from 1852 to 1902, when it was annexed into the British Empire as a result of the Second Boer War. Second Boer War and South African Republic are Boer Republics.

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South African Wars (1879–1915)

The South African Wars, including but also known as the Confederation Wars, were a series of wars that occurred in the southern portion of the African continent between 1879 and 1915. Second Boer War and south African Wars (1879–1915) are wars involving the Orange Free State, wars involving the South African Republic, wars involving the United Kingdom and wars involving the states and peoples of Africa.

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Southern Africa

Southern Africa is the southernmost region of Africa.

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Southern Ndebele people

AmaNdebele are an ethnic group native to South Africa who speak isiNdebele.

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Sovereignty

Sovereignty can generally be defined as supreme authority.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.

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St John the Baptist Church, Reid

St John the Baptist Church is an Australian Anglican church in the Canberra suburb of Reid in the Australian Capital Territory.

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Stanley Brenton von Donop

Major General Sir Stanley Brenton von Donop, (22 February 1860 – 17 October 1941) was a British Army officer who served as Master-General of the Ordnance from 1913 to 1916.

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State President of the South African Republic

The State President of the South African Republic had the executive authority in the South African Republic.

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Stop the War Committee

The Stop the War Committee was an anti-war organisation that opposed the Second Boer War. Second Boer War and Stop the War Committee are south Africa–United Kingdom relations.

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Strongpoint

In military tactics, a strongpoint is a key point in a defensive fighting position which anchors the overall defense line.

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Summary execution

In civil and military jurisprudence, summary execution is the putting to death of a person accused of a crime without the benefit of a free and fair trial.

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Superior orders

Superior orders, also known as the Nuremberg defense or just following orders, is a plea in a court of law that a person, whether a member of the military, law enforcement, or the civilian population, should not be considered guilty of committing crimes that were ordered by a superior officer or official.

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Swazi people

The Swazi or Swati (Swati: Emaswati, singular Liswati) are a Bantu ethnic group native to Southern Africa, inhabiting Eswatini, a sovereign kingdom in Southern Africa, and South Africa's Mpumalanga province.

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Sydney Frederick Galvayne

Sydney Frederick Galvayne (2 April 1848 - 10 June 1913) was the nom de plume of Frederick Henry Attride, also known as Ralph Frederick Osborne, a well-known Victorian-era horse tamer, and author.

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Ten Years' War

The Ten Years' War (Guerra de los Diez Años; 1868–1878), also known as the Great War (Guerra Grande) and the War of '68, was part of Cuba's fight for independence from Spain.

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Tenterfield, New South Wales

Tenterfield is a regional town in New South Wales, Australia, situated at the junction of the New England and Bruxner highways, along the Northern Tablelands, within the New England region.

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The Morning Post

The Morning Post was a conservative daily newspaper published in London from 1772 to 1937, when it was acquired by The Daily Telegraph.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.

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Tommy Atkins

Tommy Atkins (often just Tommy) is slang for a common soldier in the British Army.

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Transvaal Colony

The Transvaal Colony was the name used to refer to the Transvaal region during the period of direct British rule and military occupation between the end of the Second Boer War in 1902 when the South African Republic was dissolved, and the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910.

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Treaty of Vereeniging

The Treaty of Vereeniging was a peace treaty, signed on 31 May 1902, that ended the Second Boer War between the South African Republic and the Orange Free State on the one side, and the United Kingdom on the other. Second Boer War and treaty of Vereeniging are 1902 in South Africa and south Africa–United Kingdom relations.

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Trench

A trench is a type of excavation or depression in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide (as opposed to a wider gully, or ditch), and narrow compared with its length (as opposed to a simple hole or pit).

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Tugela River

The Tugela River (Thukela; Tugelarivier) is the largest river in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.

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Typhoid fever

Typhoid fever, also known simply as typhoid, is a disease caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi bacteria, also called Salmonella typhi.

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Uitlander

An uitlander, Afrikaans for "foreigner" (lit. "outlander"), was a foreign (mainly British) migrant worker during the Witwatersrand Gold Rush in the independent Transvaal Republic following the discovery of gold in 1886. Second Boer War and uitlander are Boer Republics and British colonisation in Africa.

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Union between Sweden and Norway

Sweden and Norway or Sweden–Norway (Svensk-norska unionen; Den svensk-norske union(en)), officially the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, and known as the United Kingdoms, was a personal union of the separate kingdoms of Sweden and Norway under a common monarch and common foreign policy that lasted from 1814 until its peaceful dissolution in 1905.

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Union of South Africa

The Union of South Africa (Unie van Zuid-Afrika; Unie van Suid-Afrika) was the historical predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa.

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in Northwestern Europe that was established by the union in 1801 of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland. Second Boer War and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland are Victorian era.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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University of Vermont

The University of Vermont (UVM), officially titled as University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a public land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont.

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Valdezia

Valdezia is a sprawling rural settlement situated at the foothills of the Soutpansberg mountain range in Louis Trichardt, Limpopo Province, South Africa.

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Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious decoration of the British decorations system.

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Volkstaat

A Volkstaat ("People's State"), also called a Boerestaat, is a proposed White homeland for Afrikaners within the borders of South Africa, most commonly proposed as a fully independent Boer/Afrikaner nation.

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Walter Tunbridge

Colonel Walter Howard Tunbridge, (2 November 1856 – 11 October 1943) was an Australian soldier and architect.

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Wepener

Wepener is a town in the Free State, South Africa, located near the border of Lesotho.

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Western Australia

Western Australia (WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western third of the land area of the Australian continent.

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Westley Richards

Westley Richards is a British manufacturer of guns and rifles and also a well established gunsmith.

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White Australia policy

The White Australia policy was a set of racist policies that aimed to forbid people of non-European ethnic originsespecially Asians (primarily Chinese) and Pacific Islandersfrom immigrating to Australia in order to create a "white/British" ideal focused on but not exclusively Anglo-Celtic peoples.

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White South Africans

White South Africans are South Africans of European descent.

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Wilfrid Laurier

Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier, (November 20, 1841 – February 17, 1919) was a Canadian lawyer, statesman, and politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911.

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Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

Wilhelmina (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria; 31 August 1880 – 28 November 1962) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948.

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William Dillon Otter

General Sir William Dillon Otter (December 3, 1843 – May 6, 1929) was a professional Canadian soldier who became the first Canadian-born Chief of the General Staff, the head of the Canadian Militia.

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William Ewart Gladstone

William Ewart Gladstone (29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. Second Boer War and William Ewart Gladstone are Victorian era.

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William Forbes Gatacre

Lieutenant-General Sir William Forbes Gatacre (3 December 1843 – 18 January 1906) was a British soldier who served between 1862 and 1904 in India and various areas on the African continent.

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William Nicholson, 1st Baron Nicholson

Field Marshal William Gustavus Nicholson, 1st Baron Nicholson, (2 March 1845 – 13 September 1918) was a British Army officer who served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, the Mahdist War, the Third Anglo-Burmese War, the Second Boer War and the First World War.

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Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and 1951 to 1955.

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Witwatersrand

The Witwatersrand (locally the Rand or, less commonly, the Reef) is a, north-facing scarp in South Africa.

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Witwatersrand Gold Rush

The Witwatersrand Gold Rush was a gold rush that began in 1886 and led to the establishment of Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Wolmaransstad

Wolmaransstad (Afrikaans for "Wolmarans City") is a maize-farming town situated on the N12 between Johannesburg and Kimberley in North West Province of South Africa.

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World war

A world war is an international conflict that involves most or all of the world's major powers.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Second Boer War and World War I are wars involving Australia and wars involving the United Kingdom.

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Yevgeny Maximov

Yevgeny Yakovlevich Maximov (Евге́ний Я́ковлевич Макси́мов; 4 March 1849 – 14 October 1904) was a Russian Empire adventurer, soldier and journalist mostly remembered for his service with the South African Republic during the Second Anglo-Boer War.

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155 mm Creusot Long Tom

The 155 mm Creusot Long Tom was a French siege gun (artillery piece) manufactured by Schneider et Cie in Le Creusot, France and used by the Boers in the Second Boer War as field guns.

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1900 United Kingdom general election

The 1900 United Kingdom general election was held between 26 September and 24 October 1900, following the dissolution of Parliament on 25 September.

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1906 United Kingdom general election

The 1906 United Kingdom general election was held from 12 January to 8 February 1906.

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2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)

The 2nd Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was formed and disestablished numerous times between 1809 and 2012.

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3rd (United Kingdom) Division

The 3rd (United Kingdom) Division, also known as The Iron Division, is a regular army division of the British Army.

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8 cm Kanone C/80

The 8 cm Kanone C/80 was a field gun developed during the late 1800s by Krupp for the export market.

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See also

1890s in South Africa

1890s in Transvaal

1890s in the South African Republic

1899 beginnings

1899 in South Africa

1900 in South Africa

1900s in South Africa

1900s in Transvaal

1901 in South Africa

1902 endings

1902 in South Africa

Boer Republics

Boer Wars

Canadian Army

Canadian Militia

Conflicts in 1901

Conflicts in 1902

Military history of the British Empire

South Africa–United Kingdom relations

Wars involving Australia

Wars involving the British South Africa Company

Wars involving the Orange Free State

Wars involving the South African Republic

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War

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