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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, Lord Kitchener took command of the British forces and implemented some controversial tactics that contributed to a British victory. [3]
Second Boer War prisoners of war (2 C, 1 P) F. ... 19th-century prisoners and detainees of the United States federal government (1 C, 5 P) W. War of 1812 prisoners of ...
Pages in category "British prisoners of war of the Second Boer War" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The Battle of Chieveley took place on 15 November 1899, and was an ambush on a British armored train travelling from Estcourt to Colenso in a reconnaissance mission. Boer forces under the command of Louis Botha, which comprised primarily the Italian Volunteer Legion, ambushed the armored train, and derailed it, taking most of the British soldiers prisoner.
The 1980 film Breaker Morant portrays the unit in which Australian Lieutenants Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock were serving when they were court martialed.They were executed on 27 February 1902 by a firing squad of Cameron Highlanders, having been convicted by the British army of murdering a civilian and Boer prisoners of war.
Prisoners of war in the Second Boer War (1899−1902) — fought in South Africa. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Convicts housed in hulks were used to build the Royal Naval Dockyard there, and during the Second Boer War (1899–1902), Boer prisoners-of-war were sent to the archipelago and imprisoned on one of the smaller islands. [citation needed] In British India, the colonial government established
Pages in category "Second Boer War prisoners of war held by the United Kingdom" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.