Second Boer War Begins

The Second Boer War (Afrikaans: Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, lit.  'Second Freedom War', 11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Transvaal War, Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the Boer republics (the …