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ArchiveSouth Africa and the Boer-British War Volume I by by Halstead and Hopkins
Sir Bartle Frere meets the Transvaal Boers assembled in support of their claim to independence. He promises them complete freed
… Sir Bartle Frere meets the Transvaal Boers assembled in support of their claim to independence. He …
The battles of Reddersburg, where the Boers under Gen. De Wet defeat the Royal Irish Rifles, and Mostertshoek, take place. Brit
… The battles of Reddersburg, where the Boers under Gen. De Wet defeat the Royal Irish Rifles, and …
Black Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War 2, 1900-1902
… unhappy because "... they receive no rations while the Boers who are the cause of the war are fed in the refugee …
BiographyRev. Aldin Grout
… was destroyed in the fighting between the Zulus and the Boers, who arrived in Natal following the Great Trek . …
BiographyLouis Botha
… in return for the surrender of Boer independence. The Boers found this unacceptable and many were angered that … full amnesty to the rebels. But Milner…
BiographyMary Elizabeth Davis
Mary Elizabeth Davis was born in Portobello County, Edinburgh, Scotland on 26 December 1858. She was a business person and supporter of women’s causes. Davis…
EventThe Anglo Boer War
… largely because they underestimated the resilience of the Boers to defend their autonomy from being usurped by the …
EventWinston Churchill, is captured by Boer forces during the Anglo-Boer War
… on an armored train. The train was ambushed by the Boers and on 15 November 1899, Churchill was captured and …
ArchiveSettlers and Laborers: The Afterlife of Indenture in Early South African Indian Writing by Nienke Boer
BiographyPiet Retief
… began to introduce a series of reforms that angered many Boers. The Anglican Church became the official church of the …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2 - Kitchener proposes establishment of concentration camps
… of British forces to Lord Kitchener. To their chagrin, the Boers embarked on a campaign of guerrilla warfare, attacking … far from over. Kitchener realised…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Silkaatsnek begins
… wounded and 189 (including the wounded) were captured. The Boers casualties are unknown, but De la Rey's nephew and his … were both killed, and a known 8 men…
BiographyJohannes Jane Tane Kekana
… made a good impression on both the missionaries and the Boers. Although Kekana was a less important African captain …
EventThe Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence) begins
… not work. So on 8 December 1880 between 8 000 and 10 000 Boers gathered at Paardekraal, near Krugersdorp. A …
BiographySamuel Makama Martin Masabalala
Samuel Makama Martin Masabalala was born in 6th December 1877, in Uniondale in the Cape and was educated in Grahamstown and Port Elizabeth. He worked for some…
Event523 people die in the Black concentration camps of the Second Anglo Boer War
… 1899 war was officially declared between Britain and the Boers. In March 1901 Lord Kitchener, the commander of the British forces, decided to cut off the…
ArticleWomen and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… country." In his reply Chamberlain states that it was the Boers who forced the policy on them and the camps are …
BiographyKing Mzilikazi
… River. Fearing utter destruction at the hands of the Boers who had gained dominance in the Transvaal, Mzilikazi … but the ailing king, remembering old enmity…
BiographyJames Barry Munnik Hertzog
… adviser to the OFS forces in Kimberley. Just before the Boers' could lose the war, he was appointed commander in the …
EventThe second Anglo-Boer war, also known as the South African war, breaks out
… war was officially declared between Britain and the Boers. The British forces thought that the war would be won …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: Lord Methuen, British general, destroys the village of Schweizer-Reneke
… pursuing a devastating scorched earth policy towards the Boers to deprive Boer guerilla forces of local support in the …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The British evacuate Rustenburg to occupy Commando Nek and Silkaatsnek
… Boer War, set-piece battles had become futile, and the Boers, under leaders like General De la Rey, had realized …
To fully reconcile The Boer War is to fully understand the ‘Black’ Concentration Camps by Peter Dickens (The Observation Post),
… the Cape Colony and Natal fighting off an invasion by the Boers of their colonies, the siege of their towns initiated … the British fear that these Black…
The War
… the war was officially declared between Britain and the Boers. The British forces thought that the war would be won … of the set-piece battles, but from July…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
… the war was officially declared between Britain and the Boers. The British forces thought that the war would be won … of the set-piece battles, but from July…
The First South African side to play in the sub-continent: Boer Prisoners of War in 1901 (Part 1 of 2) by Arunabha Sengupta (Cricket Country), 12 October 2015
… Back (left to right): Phillipus Ooosthuizen (scorer – Boers), Gert Kotzé, J Coetzer, W de Fransz, Piet du Plessis, C. E. Perera, Sydney Tennant (umpire –…
ArticleCo-operation and conflict on the Highveld
… in the area. It was into this fertile valley that the Boers moved. At first, the Boers and the Basotho lived peacefully with each other in the … relied on…
BiographyParamount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo
… President visited Pretoria at the insistence of the Boers and accepted independence on terms dictated by them, …
BiographyJacob Hendrik Pierneef
… started his art classes. With the war of 1900 between the Boers and the English, the Pierneef family decided to move …