Boer forces

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guerrilla force irregular military unit military force

Boer forces were the predominantly mounted, guerrilla-style republican commandos of the South African Boers that fought against the British Empire during the Anglo-Boer Wars.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Boer commandos 9
Boers 5
Orange Free State forces 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf guerrilla force ⓘ
irregular military unit ⓘ
military force ⓘ
activeIn Cape Colony ⓘ
Natal ⓘ
Orange Free State ⓘ
Transvaal ⓘ
conflict First Boer War ⓘ
surface form: First Anglo-Boer War

Second Boer War ⓘ
surface form: Second Anglo-Boer War
country Orange Free State ⓘ
South African Republic ⓘ
engagement Battle of Colenso ⓘ
Battle of Magersfontein ⓘ
Battle of Majuba Hill ⓘ
Battle of Spion Kop ⓘ
Siege of Kimberley ⓘ
Siege of Ladysmith ⓘ
Siege of Mafeking ⓘ
ethnicGroup Afrikaners ⓘ
surface form: Boers
ideology Boer republicanism ⓘ
language Afrikaans ⓘ
militaryBranch commando system ⓘ
militaryDoctrine citizen militia ⓘ
decentralized command ⓘ
local commando units ⓘ
notableCommander Ben Viljoen ⓘ
Christiaan de Wet ⓘ
Danie Theron ⓘ
Jan Smuts ⓘ
Koos de la Rey ⓘ
Louis Botha ⓘ
Paul Kruger ⓘ
Piet Cronjé ⓘ
Piet Joubert ⓘ
opponent British Empire ⓘ
recruitment burgher levy ⓘ
farm-based citizen soldiers ⓘ
religion Calvinism ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
usedEquipment Mauser ⓘ
surface form: Mauser rifle

artillery ⓘ
horse ⓘ
usedTactic guerrilla warfare ⓘ
hit-and-run attacks ⓘ
marksmanship from cover ⓘ
mobile warfare ⓘ
scorched earth resistance ⓘ
siege warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

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

Jan Smuts → allegiance → Boer forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boers
this entity surface form: South African Republic forces
Battle of Diamond Hill → belligerent → Boer forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boers
Battle of Majuba Hill → belligerent → Boer forces ⓘ
Battle of Sanna's Post → belligerent → Boer forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boers
Battle of Sanna's Post → belligerent → Boer forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orange Free State forces
Battle of Tweebosch → belligerent → Boer forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Transvaal Boers
Battle of Laing's Nek → combatant → Boer forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer commandos
Battle of Majuba Hill → combatant → Boer forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer commandos
Battle of Schuinshoogte → combatant → Boer forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer commandos
First Boer War → combatant → Boer forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer commandos
Siege of Ladysmith → combatant → Boer forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer commandos
Battle of Tweebosch → combatant1 → Boer forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer commandos
this entity surface form: Boer commando under Christiaan de Wet
Battle of Sanna's Post → involved → Boer forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer mounted commandos
Jacobus → memberOf → Boer forces ⓘ
subject surface form: Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey
this entity surface form: Boer commandos
Christiaan de Wet → militaryBranch → Boer forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orange Free State forces
Jacobus → militaryBranch → Boer forces ⓘ
subject surface form: Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey
Koos de la Rey → militaryBranch → Boer forces ⓘ
Koos → militaryBranch → Boer forces ⓘ
subject surface form: Koos de la Rey
this entity surface form: Boer commandos
Piet Joubert → militaryBranch → Boer forces ⓘ
Jameson Raid → opponent → Boer forces ⓘ
Jameson Raid → participant → Boer forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer commandos
Treaty of Pretoria (1881) → party → Boer forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boers
Christiaan de Wet → positionHeld → Boer forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commandant-General of the Orange Free State forces
First Boer War → primaryBelligerent → Boer forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boers