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    The First Boer War (Afrikaans: Eerste Vryheidsoorlog, lit. 'First Freedom War'), was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881 between the United...
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    Second Boer War (Afrikaans: Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, lit. 'Second Freedom War', 11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Transvaal War, Anglo–Boer...
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  • State. Boer War may also refer to: First Boer War (1880–1881), fought between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal Republic The Boer War (film)...
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    "commando" into the English language during the Second Boer War of 1899–1902 as per Costica Andrew. In 1658, war erupted between the Dutch settlers at Cape Colony...
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  • First Boer War, also known as the First Anglo-Boer War or the Transvaal War, was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881 and was the first clash...
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    The Boer republics (sometimes also referred to as Boer states) were independent, self-governing republics formed (especially in the last half of the 19th...
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    The military history of Australia during the Boer War is complex, and includes a period of history in which the six formerly autonomous British Australian...
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    During the Second Anglo-Boer War which lasted from 1899–1902, the British operated concentration camps in the South African Republic, Orange Free State...
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  • Volunteers), and 1st King's Dragoon Guards in 1880–1881 during the First Boer War. Remains of the Staffordshire and Dragoon encampments can be found on...
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    independent Boer republic in Southern Africa which existed from 1852 to 1902, when it was annexed into the British Empire as a result of the Second Boer War. The...
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    Boer foreign volunteers were participants who volunteered their military services to the Boers in the Second Boer War. Although there was much international...
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    Conflicts such as the First and Second Boer Wars, the Anglo-Zulu War, the Sekhukhune Wars, the Basotho Gun War, the Xhosa Wars, and other concurrent conflicts...
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  • the First World War, while Martin-Leake was awarded his first VC for actions in the Second Boer War, and his second for actions during the First World...
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    The First Opium War (Chinese: 第一次鴉片戰爭; pinyin: Dìyīcì yāpiàn zhànzhēng), also known as the Anglo-Chinese War, was a series of military engagements fought...
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    Piet Joubert (category People of the First Boer War)
    and from May 1896 until his death. He served in First Boer War, Second Boer War, and the Malaboch War. Joubert was born in the district of Prince Albert...
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  • Anglo-Persian War "List of Engagements and Casualties (1864-1872) NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 2015-11-04. First Opium War - page from The...
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    Battle of Majuba Hill (category Battles of the First Boer War)
    1881 was the final and decisive battle of the First Boer War that was a resounding victory for the Boers. The British Major General Sir George Pomeroy...
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    The First Anglo-Mysore War (1767–1769) was a conflict in India between the Sultanate of Mysore and the East India Company. The war was instigated in part...
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    The Anglo-Ashanti wars were a series of five conflicts that took place between 1824 and 1900 between the Ashanti Empire—in the Akan interior of the Gold...
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  • Second Boer War General Sarel du Toit: Second Boer War General Daniel Jacobus Elardus Erasmus: Second Boer War General Joachim Ferreira: First Boer War Commandant...
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    Isandlwana. Victorian era portal Bambatha Rebellion Colony of Natal First Boer War Military history of South Africa Shaka Zulu Scramble for Africa Kingdom...
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    between China and Western powers during the mid-19th century. The First Opium War was fought from 1839 to 1842 between China and Britain. It was triggered...
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    The First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–1782) was the first of three Anglo-Maratha Wars fought between the British East India Company and Maratha Confederacy...
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    Long-standing Boer resentment turned into full-blown rebellion in the Transvaal and the first Anglo–Boer War, also known as the Boer Insurrection, broke...
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  • Convention), but the annexation of the Transvaal in 1877 led to the First Boer War in 1880 and 1881. After British defeats, most heavily at the Battle...
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    Great Boer War is a non-fiction work on the Boer War by Arthur Conan Doyle and first published in 1900 by Smith, Elder & Co. By the end of the war in 1902...
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    The First Anglo-Afghan War (Pashto: ده انګريز افغان اولني جګړه) was fought between the British Empire and the Emirate of Kabul from 1838 to 1842. The British...
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    Koos de la Rey (category People of the First Boer War)
    served as a Boer general during the Second Boer War. De la Rey also had a political career and was one of the leading advocates of Boer independence...
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    History Journal – Vol 5 No 2, December 1980. "The Artillery of the First Anglo-Boer War 1880 – 1881" MAJOR G. TYLDEN, ED, The South African Military History...
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    to 78 members of the British Armed Forces for action during the Second Boer War. The Victoria Cross is a military decoration awarded for valour "in the...
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