Boer Wars

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colonial war military conflict war

The Boer Wars were two late 19th- and early 20th-century conflicts in South Africa between the British Empire and the Boer republics, pivotal in shaping modern South African history and British imperial policy.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Boer War 19
Boer Wars canonical 6
Anglo-Boer Wars 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial war ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Boer Wars ⓘ
surface form: Anglo-Boer Wars

Boer Wars ⓘ
surface form: Boer War (collective term)
belligerent Cape Colony ⓘ
Natal Colony ⓘ
Orange Free State ⓘ
South African Republic ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
cause British imperial expansion in southern Africa ⓘ
control of gold and diamond resources in the Transvaal ⓘ
tensions over sovereignty of Boer republics ⓘ
conflictBetween British Empire ⓘ
Orange Free State ⓘ
South African Republic ⓘ
endTime 1902 ⓘ
followedBy formation of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
hasPart First Boer War ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ
location South Africa ⓘ
notableCommander Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts ⓘ
surface form: Frederick Roberts

Horatio Herbert Kitchener ⓘ
surface form: Herbert Kitchener

Koos de la Rey ⓘ
Louis Botha ⓘ
Paul Kruger ⓘ
Redvers Buller ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Majuba Hill ⓘ
Siege of Kimberley ⓘ
Siege of Ladysmith ⓘ
Siege of Mafeking ⓘ
Treaty of Vereeniging ⓘ
partOf history of South Africa ⓘ
history of the British Empire ⓘ
precededBy British annexation of the Transvaal in 1877 ⓘ
relatedTo Afrikaner nationalism ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ
surface form: South African War
result British victory ⓘ
annexation of Boer republics by the British Empire ⓘ
creation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 ⓘ
significantFor development of guerrilla warfare tactics ⓘ
evolution of British imperial policy ⓘ
rise of Afrikaner nationalism ⓘ
use of concentration camps by the British ⓘ
startTime 1880 ⓘ
theatreOfWar Cape Colony ⓘ
Natal ⓘ
Orange Free State ⓘ
Transvaal ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Vereeniging → category → Boer Wars ⓘ
Age of Imperialism → hasPart → Boer Wars ⓘ
Royal Regiment of Artillery → engagement → Boer Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer War
First Boer War → conflictIn → Boer Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Boer Wars
Scramble for Africa → hasKeyEvent → Boer Wars ⓘ
Boer Wars → alsoKnownAs → Boer Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Boer Wars
Boer Wars → alsoKnownAs → Boer Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer War (collective term)
Royal Dragoon Guards → hasBattleHonoursFrom → Boer Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer War
Roll of Honour → associatedWith → Boer Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer War
Mauser → usedInConflict → Boer Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer War
The Scots → conflict → Boer Wars ⓘ
subject surface form: Scots Guards
this entity surface form: Boer War
Monument commémoratif de guerre du Canada → commemorates → Boer Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer War
Royal Red Cross → usedIn → Boer Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer War
British South Africa → linkedToConflict → Boer Wars ⓘ
Cameron Highlanders → engagedIn → Boer Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer War
Ontario Veterans Memorial → commemoratesConflict → Boer Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer War
Royal Army Service Corps → conflict → Boer Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer War
Ladysmith Barracks → associatedWith → Boer Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer War
J. A. Hobson → wroteAbout → Boer Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer War
Major-General Louis Lipsett → servedDuring → Boer Wars ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Lipsett
this entity surface form: Boer War
Pax Britannica → hasKeyConflict → Boer Wars ⓘ
1st Battalion Grenadier Guards → conflict → Boer Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer War
1st Battalion Coldstream Guards → conflict → Boer Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer War
British colonial forces → participatedIn → Boer Wars ⓘ
Natal-Transvaal border → significantDuring → Boer Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Boer conflicts
Northumbrian infantry tradition → sawServiceIn → Boer Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer War
Lancashire Fusiliers → conflict → Boer Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer War
British Guards units → engagedIn → Boer Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer War
The Sound of Thunder → hasSubject → Boer Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer War