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Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein, Boers defeated British forces trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.
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Second Boer War
1899–1902 war in South Africa
The Second Boer War, also known as the Boer War, Transvaal War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics over Britain's influence in Southern Africa.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Magersfontein
1899 battle of the Second Boer War
The Battle of Magersfontein was fought on 11 December 1899, at Magersfontein, near Kimberley, South Africa, on the borders of the Cape Colony and the independent republic of the Orange Free State. British forces under Lieutenant General Lord Methuen were advancing north along…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Boers
Descendants of Afrikaners beyond the Cape Colony frontier
Boers are the descendants of the proto Afrikaans-speaking Free Burghers of the eastern Cape frontier in Southern Africa during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. From 1652 to 1795, the Dutch East India Company controlled the Dutch Cape Colony, which the United Kingdom…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Siege of Kimberley
1899–1900 battle of the Second Boer War
The siege of Kimberley took place during the Second Boer War at Kimberley, Cape Colony, when Boer forces from the Orange Free State and the Transvaal besieged the diamond mining town. The Boers moved quickly to try to capture the area when war broke out between the British and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)