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Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
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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)
Breaker Morant
Boer War officer executed for war crimes (1864–1902)
Harry Harbord "Breaker" Morant was an English horseman, bush balladist, military officer, and war criminal who was convicted and executed for murdering nine prisoners-of-war (POWs) and three captured civilians in three separate incidents during the Second Boer War.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Peter Handcock
Australian Army officer
Peter Joseph Handcock was an Australian-born veterinary lieutenant and convicted war criminal who served in the Bushveldt Carbineers during the Boer War in South Africa.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Pretoria
Administrative capital of South Africa
Pretoria is the administrative capital of South Africa, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to the country.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Court-martial of Breaker Morant
1902 prosecution of six British Army soldiers for crimes during the Second Boer War
The 1902 court-martial of Breaker Morant was a war crimes prosecution that brought to trial six officers – Lieutenants Harry "Breaker" Morant, Peter Handcock, George Witton, Henry Picton, Captain Alfred Taylor and Major Robert Lenehan – of the Bushveldt Carbineers (BVC), an…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)