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Many Boers had German ancestry and many members of the government were themselves former Boer military leaders who had fought with the Maritz rebels against the British in the Second Boer War. The rebellion was put down by Louis Botha and Jan Smuts , and the ringleaders received heavy fines and terms of imprisonment.
Second Anglo-Boer War: Paardeberg: Harold Auten: Royal Navy ... First World War: Néry: Eric Stuart Dougall: British Army: 1918: ... Second World War: Namsos: Gordon ...
The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 to 31 May 1902, between the British Empire and the two independent Boer republics of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic (Transvaal Republic). [2] After a set of failed negotiations over foreigner land rights in the territories, led by Joseph Chamberlain, both sides issued ...
' 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.
The Battle of Elandslaagte (21 October 1899) took place during the Second Boer War, and was one of the few clear-cut tactical victories won by the British during the conflict. At the time, the Boers were invading Natal, and had occupied the railway station at Elandslaagte.
The question of divided loyalties is a large issue in Boer War fiction. Nor did the conflict end with the war. As late as 1980 a successful Australian film Breaker Morant was based on Kenneth Ross's play and Kit Denton's novel The Breaker (1973). The Boer War has continued to be a popular subject for escapist fiction.
Gordon was awarded the Egypt Medal with three clasps and the Khedive's Star for his service in Egypt and Sudan in the 1880s. He was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with six clasps, the King's South Africa Medal with both clasps, and was mentioned in despatches four times for his service during the Second Boer War. [1]
Major General Sir Hector MacDonald: Scottish-born commander of troops during the Mahdist War and the Second Boer War in the late 1890s; committed suicide in 1903 when accused of homosexuality. Field Marshal Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen: Commanded the 1st Division during the Second Boer War.