The Boer War |
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action advance Afrikaners appointed Army Corps artillery attack battle Black Week Bloemfontein Boer War Boers Botha Brigade Britain British Army British troops Buller burghers camp Cape Colony Cape Town casualties cavalry Chamberlain Christian De Wet Churchill Colenso Colley Colonel column command Commandant-General Commander-in-Chief Cronje defence fighting fire flag flank force French Government guns hill horses Ian Hamilton Imperial Jameson Johannesburg Kekewich killed Kimberley Kitchener Kitchener's kopjes Kruger Ladysmith Lansdowne later leader Liberal London Lord Mafeking Majuba Methuen miles military Milner Modder River months mounted infantry Natal officers Orange Free ordered position Pretoria Prime Minister prisoners Raid railway realised Regiment reinforcements Republic Rhodes rifles Roberts Roberts's sent siege Smuts soldiers soon South Africa South African Republic Spion Kop staff Steyn surrender thought told Transvaal Tugela Uitlanders Unionist Vaal Kranz veld victory wagons Warren White Wolseley wounded Yeomanry