British campaign in the Transvaal

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The British campaign in the Transvaal was a phase of the Second Boer War in which British forces sought to conquer and pacify the Boer-controlled Transvaal Republic through a series of major battles and counter-guerrilla operations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign
phase of the Second Boer War
belligerent Orange Free State NERFINISHED
Transvaal Republic NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
commander Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts NERFINISHED
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener NERFINISHED
Koos de la Rey NERFINISHED
Louis Botha NERFINISHED
Paul Kruger NERFINISHED
conflict Second Boer War
conflictType colonial war
guerrilla war
countryInvolved South African Republic NERFINISHED
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED
endTime 1902
followedBy postwar British administration of the Transvaal Colony
goal conquest of the Transvaal Republic
pacification of Boer resistance
hasPart Battle of Bergendal NERFINISHED
Battle of Colenso NERFINISHED
Battle of Diamond Hill NERFINISHED
Battle of Driefontein NERFINISHED
Battle of Elandslaagte NERFINISHED
Battle of Ladysmith NERFINISHED
Battle of Paardeberg NERFINISHED
Battle of Poplar Grove NERFINISHED
Battle of Spion Kop NERFINISHED
Battle of Talana Hill NERFINISHED
Battle of Tugela Heights NERFINISHED
Relief of Ladysmith NERFINISHED
counter-guerrilla operations in the Transvaal
guerrilla phase in the Transvaal
location South African Republic NERFINISHED
Transvaal NERFINISHED
opponent Boer forces NERFINISHED
partOf British campaigns in the Boer republics
Second Boer War NERFINISHED
precededBy initial Boer offensives of the Second Boer War
region Southern Africa
result British victory
annexation of the Transvaal by the British Empire
end of the South African Republic as an independent state
startTime 1899
treaty Treaty of Vereeniging NERFINISHED
usedTactic blockhouse system
concentration camps for civilians
scorched earth policy

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Anstruther partOf British campaign in the Transvaal
this entity surface form: British forces in the Transvaal
Battle of Donkerhoek partOf British campaign in the Transvaal
Battle of Bergendal theatre British campaign in the Transvaal
this entity surface form: Transvaal theatre of the Second Boer War