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Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
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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 Blood River Poort
1901 battle of the Second Boer War
In the Battle of Blood River Poort or Scheeper's Nek on 17 September 1901 a Boer commando led by Louis Botha crushed a British force commanded by Major Hubert Gough during the Second Boer War.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)