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Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.

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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.
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Orange Free State

1854–1902 Boer republic in Southern Africa

The Orange Free State was an independent Boer-ruled sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeated and surrendered to the British Empire at the end of the Second Boer War in…
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