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28 February 1900

Lord Kitchener And Louis Botha engage in doomed peace talks during the Second Anglo-Boer War

Lord Kitchener And Louis Botha engage in doomed peace talks during the Second Anglo-Boer War

Updated
30 Sep 2019
Lord Kitchener And Louis Botha engage in doomed peace talks during the Second Anglo-Boer War

On February 28 British commander Lord Kitchener met Boer commander Louis Botha at Middelburg. The talks ultimately came to nothing, resulting in Kitchener changing his military tactics and setting up barbed wire and block houses all over the Boer Republic, in order to combat the Boer fighters guerilla tactics. 

How we know this

  1. 01Melrose House, Articles about the Anglo Boer War 1899 to 1902, from Melrose House, [online], Available at www.melrosehouse.co.za [Accessed: 31 January 2014]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Lord Kitchener And Louis Botha engage in doomed peace talks during the Second Anglo-Boer War. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011204

South African History Online (2011) 'Lord Kitchener And Louis Botha engage in doomed peace talks during the Second Anglo-Boer War', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011204 (Accessed: 24 October 2026).

South African History Online, Lord Kitchener And Louis Botha engage in doomed peace talks during the Second Anglo-Boer War [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011204, (accessed 24 October 2026).

"Lord Kitchener And Louis Botha engage in doomed peace talks during the Second Anglo-Boer War." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011204. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "Lord Kitchener And Louis Botha engage in doomed peace talks during the Second Anglo-Boer War." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011204.

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