Second Boer War

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Second_Boer_War
GPTKB entity
Statements (75)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:war
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:South_African_War
gptkb:Anglo-Boer_War
gptkbp:casualties ~75,000
gptkbp:cause British imperial expansion
discovery of gold in Transvaal
tensions over independence of Boer republics
gptkbp:civilianCasualties ~20,000 (Black Africans)
~26,000 (Boer civilians)
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Lord_Roberts
gptkb:Louis_Botha
gptkb:Paul_Kruger
gptkb:Christiaan_de_Wet
gptkb:Koos_de_la_Rey
gptkb:Lord_Kitchener
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:Orange_Free_State
gptkb:South_African_Republic
gptkbp:endDate 1902-05-31
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Union_of_South_Africa
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Second Boer War
gptkbp:involvedCountry gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:India
gptkb:Natal
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:Orange_Free_State
gptkb:South_African_Republic
gptkb:Cape_Colony
gptkb:Rhodesia
gptkbp:location gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Colenso
gptkb:Battle_of_Magersfontein
gptkb:Battle_of_Paardeberg
gptkb:siege_of_Kimberley
gptkb:siege_of_Ladysmith
gptkb:siege_of_Mafeking
gptkb:Battle_of_Spion_Kop
guerrilla warfare
use of concentration camps
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Mahatma_Gandhi
gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkb:Emily_Hobhouse
gptkb:Robert_Baden-Powell
Jan Smuts
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Scramble_for_Africa
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:First_Boer_War
gptkbp:result British victory
gptkbp:startDate 1899-10-11
gptkbp:treaty gptkb:Treaty_of_Vereeniging
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Boer_War
gptkb:Prince_Arthur,_Duke_of_Connaught_and_Strathearn
gptkb:Prince_Christian_Victor_of_Schleswig-Holstein
gptkb:Royal_Army_Medical_Corps
gptkb:Royal_Field_Artillery
gptkb:Sir_Alfred_Milner
gptkb:Sir_George_Farrar
gptkb:Sir_Horatio_Kitchener
gptkb:Sir_John_French
gptkb:Sir_John_Jellicoe
gptkb:Sir_Percy_FitzPatrick
gptkb:Sir_Robert_Baden-Powell
gptkb:Pax_Britannica
gptkb:Cavalcade
gptkb:Herbert_Plumer
gptkb:Julian_Byng
gptkb:Edward_Stanley,_17th_Earl_of_Derby
gptkb:Maxim_gun
gptkb:Frederick_Roberts,_1st_Earl_Roberts
gptkb:Hubert_Gough
gptkb:Lord_Wavell
gptkb:Sir_Ian_Hamilton
gptkb:Robert_Baden-Powell
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5