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The Boers under the leadership of Piet Retief obtained a treaty from Zulu King Dingane to settle part of the lands the Zulus administered or held sway over, but Dingane later betrayed the treaty and slaughtered Retief and 70 members of his delegation. Dingane's impis (Zulu warriors) then killed almost 300 Boers who had settled in the Natal region.
The Boers had cut their ties to Europe as they emerged from the Trekboer group. [24] The Boers possessed a distinct Protestant culture, and the majority of Boers and their descendants were members of a Reformed Church. The Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk ('Dutch Reformed Church') was the national Church of the South African Republic (1852–1902).
Map of the Route of the Dorslandtrekkers (solid line) Dorsland Trek (Thirstland Trek) is the collective name of a series of explorations undertaken by Boer settlers from South Africa from 1874 to 1881, in search of political independence and better living conditions.
The British and the Boers had been building up troops at the border between their two domains. [8] Since June 1899, after the failure of the Bloemfontein Conference, Joseph Chamberlain and his aides had been gradually sending forces to Natal to reinforce the region, with a large military buildup occurring in September when reinforcements arrived from India.
The Boers defended a series of trenches on Paardeberg Hill. The Imperial commander, Kitchener (temporarily replacing the unwell Roberts), began the battle by ordering a charge straight at the Boer trenches. The land sloped down to the Boer position and lacked any cover for 800 metres (870 yd) or more.
The free burghers who settled permanently in the Cape area brought about the inception of the Boers who migrated further into the interior of South Africa. Several expansions such as the Trekboers and the Great trek [1] eventually led to the establishment of the Boer republics in 1852. Typically a citizen of the Orange Free State would be ...
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One Russian writer complained: "Wherever you go these days you hear the same story – the Boers, the Boers and only the Boers". [13] The national anthem of the Transvaal Transvaal, Transvaal, My Country was frequently played by Russian orchestras, numerous committees were founded to collect money for the Transvaal, and church services offered ...