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… Lord Kitchener, British secretary of war, was drowned in the spring of 1916 … British secretary of war, Lord Kitchener drowns near Orkney …

… On 5 March 1960, the South African and British governments were in open conflict over the … Agreement. The South African government had accused the British of being in contravention of the agreement by suspending supply of arms. The British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart gave a reply to the …

… now part of the Kwazulu-Natal province, refused to follow British instructions to take up arms against the Boer … Dinuzulu refuses British instructions to take up arms against Boers …

… Anglo-Boer War broke out in 1899 and was the result of the British annexation of the Transvaal, soon after gold had been … The Boers made use of guerrilla tactics by sabotaging British supply wagons, while the British responded by burning down the farms that the Boers …

… The Battle of Viervoet, in the British-Basotho War, takes place. The British under Warden suffers a reverse. …

… Ndebele (Matabele) King Lobengula accepts British protection and the British South Africa Company imposes protectorate over Nd …

… British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, announces plans to withdraw British troops from Egypt, dependent upon agreement for a m …

… Interview to British Press: Johannesburg, March 1990 …

… Tanganyika becomes independent within the British Commonwealth. …

… South African forces in the British Army …

… Standing by SWAPO - British campaigning for Namibia …

… The British East Africa Company is chartered. …

… Interview with British press Johannesburg, March 1990 …

… British Bechuanaland is annexed to Cape Colony. …

… The last British/French troops leaves Egypt. …

… British conquest of northern Nigeria is complete. …

… Basutoland, within SA, is proclaimed a British territory. …

… WW2: A British Panzer division occupies Maus, Libya. …

… Slavery is abolished throughout the British Empire …

… British army is resisted in Laing’s Nek …

… Women, class, racism and the British NHS …

… of the Mfengu, Sir Benjamin D'Urban accepted the Mfengu as British subjects on 3 May 1835. In this letter he promised … Sir Benjamin D’Urban accepts the Mfengu as British subjects …

… of about 200 (under General Nicolaas Smit) defeated a British force of about 600 (under the leadership of … The battle claimed the lives of 8 Boers and nearly 100 British soldiers. *Note: This battle is either referred to as … Boers defeat British in the battle of Ingogo (Anglo-Boer War 1) …

… General Sir Redvers Henry Buller's troops relieved British forces at Ladysmith near Durban, KwaZulu Natal.  The British forces had been under siege by the Boers since 2 … General Sir Redvers Henry Buller’s troops relieve British forces at Ladysmith …

… The appointment of Lord Roberts as Supreme Commander of the British forces in South Africa came after a series of failed … War). The Commandos mounted pre-emptive strikes against British garrisons in Mafikeng, Kimberley and Ladysmith. They … the besieged garrisons, but initial attempts failed. The British were using war tactics reminiscent of the Crimean War …

… Uganda becomes an independent republic within the British Commonwealth after nearly seventy years of British rule, after having …

… The British Colonial Secretary addresses a dispatch that the Queen has approved a Royal Charter forming the British South Afric …

… The British Parliamentary Report on Black Labour Conditions indicates that sixty-three of 141 British companies investigated ha …

… National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the Confederation of British industry …

… Kabaka Kalema Muguluma. Mwanga then negotiated with the British to back him against his brother in exchange for handing over some of his sovereignty to the British East Africa Company. They signed a treaty on 26 December 1890. The British then backed Mwanga as he took the throne back from …