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a) How did British meet challenges in the Boer War?
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1. when was the 2nd 12. what department the Department of Military Railways was
Boer war? was setup a specialist unit of railway engineers to
regarding repair/ expand the rail network.
transport?
(issue as boers easily blew tracks up)
13. what feeling did had a sense of Hubris - they had won
the british have at the Zulu War of 1879
the start of the
1899-1902 war and why
2. what 2 territories organge free state + transvaal 14. when was the 1879
did the boers have Zulu War?
3. what 2 colonies natal + Cape Colony. 15. what were the mobile commandos who could live off
did the british most effective the land as had friends in almost every
establish? Boer fighters? farm. This allowed for a strong supply
4. when was the 1st 1880-1881 network while the British struggled.
boer war?
Most of the Boers were skilled horsemen
5. what did the in 1880s brought an inrush of foreign
and had rifles. those who didn't were
discovery of gold settlers called Uitlanders
supplied by the Transvaal Government
bring?
16. When did the the Boers sieged 3 towns within the first
6. who was the Kruger refused the outlanders voting
Boers siege what weeks of the war.
Transvaal's rights and disagreed with the British
3 towns?
president and governor - Milner.
Kimberly
what did he
when sieged by? Mafeking
refuse?
Ladysmith
7. what + when was 1895 - it was a ploy to give the british an
the Jameson raid? excuse to intervene in the Transvaal on
the side of the uitlanders. all sieged by November 1899.
8. what did the it was portrayed in britain as a herioic 17. was the boer it was of questionable strategic value
jameson raid lead attempt to help settlers oppressed by siege of the 3 BUT it had a huge impact on the British
to? anti-democratic, racist boers towns impactful? population back home.
BUT its failure led to Cecil Rhodes reports left the population in disbelief
resigning as premier of Cape Colony. and anger.
18. how many boers 35,000 under Piet Joubert
It also led to the unifying of Transvaal/
surrounded
orange free state.
ladysmith to
9. Why did the Boers they sent an ultimatum to Britain to siege? who
attack Natal and remove their troops from the frontiers commanded?
Cape Colony? but they refused.
19. why was white he left much of the defences to junior
10. what were the the Boers originally outnumbered the later criticised staff with only the northern sector being
numbers of british 50,000 to 27,000. with his defence heavily fortified.
british/ Boer of Ladysmith?
troops at the start
20. When did Black 10th - 17th December 1899
of the war?
Week happen?
11. what rifle did the the Lee-Metford that could fire over 1/2
British use? a mile away.
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