British campaign in the Transvaal

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military campaign phase of the Second Boer War

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
British forces in the Transvaal	1
Transvaal theatre of the Second Boer War	1

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

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