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.

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.

1. Winston Churchill was a war correspondent.
2. Mahatma Gandhi was a stretcher-bearer.
3. Rudyard Kipling fought for the British.
4. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote several booksPine Tree Web: The Great Boer War about the wars.