Boer War Flashcards
1
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key details
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1899-1900 = Buller
1900-1901 = ‘Bobs’
1901 - 1902 = Kitchener
Boers 60,000 and British 250,000
2
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14th Febuary 1899
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Buller tried for the 4th time to relieve ladysmith surrounded by Boers who bombarded it with siege guns, 118 day siege ended
3
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Black week
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10 - 15 December 1899, the British suffered a series of defeats with 2000 casualties
4
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January 1900
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Buller was replaced by Lord Roberts, a war hero. He was accompanied by Kitchener
5
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Battle at Spion Kop hill
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- 24 January 1900
- British troops captured the summit but when the fog lifted they were overlooked by Boer gun emplacements,
- Contradictory orders led to 1350 casualties and 243 deaths
- disaster and retreat for British troops
6
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Relief of the Diamond town
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- French Cavalry successfully relieved the diamond town
- 15 February 1900 ending 124 day siege
7
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17 February 1900
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Roberts succeeded in trapping the Boer commandos under Cronje at Paadeberg and bombarded them into submission
8
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13 march 1900
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- Roberts advanced to the orange free state and captured Bloemfontein
- 1000 British troops died from typhoid from drinking water polluted with corpses of men and horses.
9
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relief of mafeking
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- 17 May 1900
- Roberts sent a small force to Mafeking which was relieved after a 217 day siege
- this caused huge celebrations in Britian
- Baden Powell became a national hero
10
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May 1900
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-Rroberts continued his advancement
