Lord. Roberts arrives at the Cape

Lord Frederick S. Roberts

Date: 10 Jan 1900
Updated: 9 Dec 2019

Lord Frederick S. Roberts arrives at the Cape, replacing Sir Redvers Buller as commander-in-chief of the British forces in South Africa during the Second Anglo Boer War.

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01SAHO Lord Frederick Sleigh Roberts [online] Available at: www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed on 3 December 2013]
02SAHO South African War 1899-1902 Second Anglo-Boer War [online] Available at: www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed on 3 December 2013]

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Lord. Roberts arrives at the Cape. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011194

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