British forces in the Second Boer War

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British forces in the Second Boer War were the imperial troops of the United Kingdom that fought from 1899 to 1902 to suppress the Boer republics in South Africa and secure British control over the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf combatant
military force
allegiance British Empire
belligerentIn Battle of Belmont
Battle of Colenso
Battle of Magersfontein
Battle of Modder River
Battle of Paardeberg
Battle of Spion Kop
Kimberley relief operations
surface form: Relief of Kimberley

Siege of Ladysmith
surface form: Relief of Ladysmith

Siege of Mafeking
surface form: Relief of Mafeking
commander Archibald Hunter
Charles Warren
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
surface form: Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts

Horatio Herbert Kitchener
surface form: Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

Ian Hamilton
John French
Paul Sanford Methuen
surface form: Paul Methuen

Redvers Buller
conflict Second Boer War
conflictResult British victory
country United Kingdom
endTime 1902
hasPart British cavalry
British Army
surface form: British infantry

Yeomanry
surface form: Imperial Yeomanry

Royal Regiment of Artillery
surface form: Royal Artillery

Royal Engineers
Royal Navy
Royal Naval Division
surface form: Royal Navy Brigade

colonial contingents
medical services
militia units
regular British Army units
transport and logistics units
volunteer units
location South Africa
objective securing British control over South Africa
suppression of the Boer republics
opponent Boer republics
Orange Free State
South African Republic
partOf British Army
British Empire armed forces
surface form: British Empire forces

history of the British Empire
military history of the United Kingdom
startTime 1899
usedBy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
usedWarfareType concentration camp system
conventional warfare
counter-insurgency operations
scorched earth policy

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British expeditionary forces notableDeployment British forces in the Second Boer War
subject surface form: British Expeditionary Forces
Natal Native Contingent partOf British forces in the Second Boer War
this entity surface form: British Army forces in Southern Africa
Chieveley Military Cemetery, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa usedBy British forces in the Second Boer War
Edwin Alderson servedIn British forces in the Second Boer War
this entity surface form: British Army in South Africa