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For Britain, the Second Boer War was the longest, the most expensive (£211 million, £19.9 billion at 2022 prices), and the bloodiest conflict between 1815 and 1914, [22]: xv lasting three months longer and resulting in more British combat casualties than the Crimean War (1853–1856). Disease took a greater toll in the Crimean War, claiming ...
Royal Lincolnshire Regiment Boer War Memorial, listing various British casualties of the Battle of Silkaatsnek. The Battle of Silkaatsnek ( Afrikaans : Slag van Silkaatsnek, English: Battle of Zilikat's (Silikat's, Uitval's or Nitral's) Nek, or First Battle of Silkaatsnek ) [ 3 ] was a military engagement in the Anglo-Boer War on July 11, 1900 ...
The Battle of Dwarsvlei (Afrikaans: Slag van Dwarsvlei, Action at Onrust) in the Second Boer War (1899-1902) was fought by Boer and British forces on 11 July 1900 in the district of Krugersdorp, South African Republic.
The Northern Natal Offensive (12 October 1899 - 10 June 1900) was a military invasion of the Northern region of Natal by the Boers of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State during the Second Boer War. [1] It was part of a larger offensive by the Boers into the British colonies, with other invasions occurring in Bechuanaland and the Cape Colony.
Jan Hendrik Olivier (24 January 1848 - 30 May 1930) was a Boer general during the Second Boer War who was notable for being the main Boer commander at the Battle of Stormberg. Early life [ edit ]
The Battle of Biddulphsberg was an engagement of the Second Boer War on May 29, 1900, and was part of the Advance on Pretoria.Troops of the 8th Division were stationed in the Southern regions of the Orange Free State in order to cover Lord Roberts' advance on Transvaal, and to prevent the Orange Free State from falling back under Boer control.
During the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902), the British operated concentration camps in the South African Republic, Orange Free State, Natal, and the Cape Colony. In February 1900, Herbert Kitchener took command of the British forces and implemented some controversial tactics that contributed to a British victory.
The Second Boer War (Afrikaans: Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, lit. 'Second Freedom War'), Which took place between 11 October 1899 to 31 May 1902, 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 .