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' Second Freedom War ', 11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Transvaal War, [8] Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, 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.
Die Rooi Bul van Krugersdorp : veggeneraal S.F. Oosthuizen : sy aandeel in die verloop van die Anglo-Boere-Oorlog 1899-1900 [The Red Bull of Krugersdorp : general S.F. Oosthuizen : his share in the course of the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1900] (in Afrikaans). I. Heath, Centurion (1008 Wilhelm Rd., Eldoraigne, Centurion 0157).
Completed application by Christiaan Rudolph Erasmus for the Medalje voor de Anglo-Boere Oorlog, 1941. The Medalje voor de Anglo-Boere Oorlog is a South African military campaign medal. It was instituted on 21 December 1920 as a retrospective award for Boer veteran officers and men who fought in the 1899–1902 Second Boer War. [1] [2] [3] [4]
During the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902), the British operated concentration camps in the South African Republic, Orange Free State, the Colony of Natal, and the Cape Colony. In February 1900, Lord Kitchener took command of the British forces and implemented controversial tactics that contributed to a British victory.
English: The Second Anglo - Boer War, South Africa 1899 - 1902 As a war correspondent for the Morning Post, Winston Churchill was captured by the Boers while travelling in an armoured train which was wrecked. Picture shows: A group of prisoners, with Churchill on the right.
The memorial was rededicated on 10 October 1999 in "memory of the men, women and children of all races and all nations who lost their lives in the Anglo Boer War, 1899–1902". [9] 1 June 2002 saw a gathering at the memorial to commemorate the hundred-year anniversary of the end of the Second Boer War, on 31 May 1902. [2]
By October 1899 the Transvaal State Artillery had 73 heavy guns, including four 155 mm Creusot fortress guns [22] and 25 of the 37 mm Maxim Nordenfeldt guns. [23] The Boers' Maxim, larger than the Maxim model used by the British, [ 24 ] was a large caliber, belt-fed, water-cooled "auto cannon" that fired explosive rounds (smokeless ammunition ...
Sarel Oosthuizen was the eldest child of Voortrekker Daniel Jacobus Oosthuizen (Prince Albert, South Africa (Albertsburg), 26 July 1821 - Sterkfontein, Krugersdorp, 6 June 1899) and his second wife Anna Susanna du Toit (14 November 1840 - Krugersdorp, 20 September 1921), among in total five sons and three daughters of this couple. [1]