✦ History

Boer Wars

December 20, 1880 – May 31, 1902

Britain fought the Boer republics of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State in two wars. The Boers won the first war in 1881, but Britain annexed both republics after the second war ended in 1902.

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Battles 2

December 20, 1880 – March 23, 1881
First Boer War Boer victory Transvaal Colony William Ewart Gladstone, Piet Cronjé, Piet Joubert
October 11, 1899 – May 31, 1902
Second Boer War British victory South Africa (Kimberley and the Boer republics) Joseph Chamberlain, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Louis Botha

Key commanders

United Kingdom and allies 7

Joseph Chamberlain Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury belligerent leader Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener belligerent leader Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner belligerent leader Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts belligerent leader Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen military commander Redvers Buller military commander

South African Republic and allies 7

Louis Botha belligerent leader Jan Smuts belligerent leader Paul Kruger belligerent leader Koos de la Rey belligerent leader Piet Cronjé military commander Piet Joubert military commander Schalk Willem Burger military commander

British Empire 1

William Ewart Gladstone belligerent leader

South African Republic 4

Piet Cronjé belligerent leader Piet Joubert belligerent leader Nicolas Smit military commander Joachim Ferreira military commander