BOER WAR
1899 - 1902

The Boer War is also called the South African War or the Second Anglo-Boer War.

Boers is the Dutch word for farmers and refers to Dutch settlers in what is today's South Africa, also called Afrikaners.

The Two Boer Wars
The First Anglo-Boer War was fought December 20, 1880 - March 23, 1881. The Boers won.

This Second Anglo-Boer War here started October 11, 1899, and ended May 31, 1902.

WHO FOUGHT THE SECOND BOER WAR?
Great Britain vs. the South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State.

The Brits won. The Boers lost their independence. The outcome was put on record by means of the Peace of Vereeniging, signed in May 1902.

ANY FAMOUS PEOPLE INVOLVED?
Winston Churchill was captured during the Boer War, escaped, and was wanted “dead or alive” for the bounty of £25.

Robert Baden-Powell, the inventor of the Boy Scouts, was the hero and defender of Mafeking against a heavy duty Boer siege that lasted seven months.

While prisoner of war, General Ben J. Viljoen, Assistant Commandant-General of the Republican Forces, wrote My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War, which you can read online and for free.

And here is the map

SOUTH AFRICA
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