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- First Boer War: 1880 - 1881
- Second Boer War: 1899- 1902
- The Second Boer War was the first major military action of the 20th century.Institute for Historical Reviews: The Boer War Remembered
- Boer soldiers were from 13 to 80 years of ageBaldwin Project: the Composition of the Boer Army
- Dutch, German and Irish men fought with the Boers
- Australia and Canada sent soldiers to fight with the British
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The Boer Wars involved the British Empire's attempts to control the Transvaal and Orange Free State in South Africa.Mount Holyoke: Causes of the Boer War These territories had been occupied by descendants of Dutch settlers, called Boers, since 1652.
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Concentration Camps
The British held 116,572 BoersInstitute for Historical Reviews: The Boer War Remembered in their internment camps. 115,000 black tenant workers were also held in the camps.Institute for Historical Reviews: The Boer War Remembered Epidemics such as typhoid, dysentery and measles killed over 26,000 Boer women and children while they were being held prisoner.Notable Individuals
- Winston Churchill was a war correspondent.
- Mahatma Gandhi was a stretcher-bearer.
- Rudyard Kipling fought for the British.
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote several booksPine Tree Web: The Great Boer War about the wars.
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