Boer commando

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military unit type militia mounted infantry

A Boer commando was a mobile, militia-style mounted unit of Boer citizen-soldiers used in South African frontier and colonial warfare.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Boer commandos	10
Boer commando canonical	1
Boer mounted commandos	1
Orange Free State commandos	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military unit type ⓘ militia ⓘ mounted infantry ⓘ
associatedWith	Boer republics NERFINISHED ⓘ Orange Free State NERFINISHED ⓘ Transvaal NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	district-level recruitment ⓘ
commandedBy	commando leader ⓘ veld kommandant ⓘ
etymology	derived from Dutch word "commando" ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	citizen-soldier composition ⓘ decentralized command structure ⓘ high mobility ⓘ irregular warfare tactics ⓘ lightly equipped ⓘ local territorial basis ⓘ mounted on horses ⓘ use of guerrilla tactics ⓘ
influenced	later South African commando units ⓘ
languageOfTerm	Afrikaans ⓘ
notableFor	effective marksmanship ⓘ knowledge of local terrain ⓘ
operatedIn	Cape Colony border regions ⓘ Orange Free State territory NERFINISHED ⓘ South African Republic territory ⓘ
opposedBy	British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizedUnder	commando system ⓘ
primaryWeapon	Mauser rifle NERFINISHED ⓘ bolt-action rifle ⓘ
recruitsFrom	Boer farming population ⓘ white male Boer citizens ⓘ
relatedConcept	commando system in South Africa ⓘ
role	defense of Boer republics ⓘ offensive raids against British forces ⓘ
subordinateTo	commandant-general ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ
usedBy	Boers NERFINISHED ⓘ Orange Free State NERFINISHED ⓘ South African Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInConflict	Anglo-Boer conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ First Boer War NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Boer War NERFINISHED ⓘ South African frontier wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesTactic	ambushes ⓘ hit-and-run attacks ⓘ scorched earth resistance ⓘ skirmishing ⓘ