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Anglo–Boer Wars (1899–1902) - events| 12 October 1899 | South Africa | A Boer ultimatum demanding Britain stop sending troops to southern Africa expires and the Second Anglo-Boer War begins. | | 10 January 1900 | South Africa | Following four months of Boer advances in the Second Anglo-Boer War, Field Marshal Frederick, Lord Roberts (‘Bobs’) lands in southern Africa as the new commander in chief of the British army, with Horatio, Lord Kitchener, as chief of staff. | | 25 January 1900 | South Africa | In the Battle of Spion Kop in the Second Anglo-Boer War, a Boer army forces the British troops under General Sir Redvers Buller to retreat with heavy losses. | | 28 February 1900 | Natal | General Sir Redvers Buller relieves the town of Ladysmith in Natal, which has been besieged by a Boer force since 30 October 1899. | | 17–18 May 1900 | South Africa | British forces under General Sir Redvers Buller relieve the town of Mafeking, southern Africa, following a seven-month siege by a Boer force. | | 11 November 1900 | South Africa | Following British conquests, the Boer forces under General Christiaan De Wet resort to guerrilla tactics, raiding communications and British outposts. Horatio, Lord Kitchener orders that women and children related to Boer combatants be interred in concentration camps, and extends the ‘scorched earth’ policy started by Field Marshal Frederick, Lord Roberts, destroying Boer farms. | | 31 May 1902 | South Africa, United Kingdom | The Peace of Vereeniging ends the South African Boer War, in which 5,774 British troops were killed as a result of the conflict and 16,000 through disease, while 4,000 Boers were killed. The Boer people accept British sovereignty, but are promised self-government in the Orange River Colony and the Transvaal, and £3 million for restocking their farms. |
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