Boer Wars Flashcards
Bóer preachers and newspapers constantly reiterated what
That British were ungodly people
War broke our
October 1899
British defeats shocked who
British public who had grown used to its army winning wictories against poorly armed natives
Guerrilla
Warfare
Who replaced Roberts as commander in chief
Kitchener
What did Kitchener do
Destroyed boer farms and land stock
Bóer women and children out into internment camps
Where term concentration camps comes from
Kitchener inspired no
Patriotic fever in England
Kitcheners methods described by critics as
“Methods of barbarism”
When did peace negotiations begin
Spring of 1902
What treaty enddd boer war
The treaty of Vereeniging
What did treaty of Vereeniging do
Gave boers £3 million to rebuild and restock their farmers
British got their wanted political supremacy
How much did boer war cost Britain
£200 million
Boer war mobilised how many British soldiers
295,000
The boer people also were assured by what by British in treaty of Vereeniging
Britain would not make an issue of legal rights for blacks when it came to framing a constitutional settlement for the region
How many boer civilians died in concentration camps
28,000 mostly women and children
