During this war, the relief of the town of Kimberley started a rise in fortunes for John French and Douglas "Butcher" Haig. The Fawcett Commission investigated so-called "refugee camps" set up during the last stage of this war, in which diseases such as measles and typhoid ravaged the camp population. A (*) telegram sent by Kaiser Wilhelm II to the State President of one country involved in this war, Paul Kruger, stirred 
During this war, the relief of the town of Kimberley started a rise in fortunes for John French and Douglas "Butcher" Haig. The Fawcett Commission investigated so-called "refugee camps" set up during the last stage of this war, in which diseases such as measles and typhoid ravaged the camp population. A (*) telegram sent by Kaiser Wilhelm II to the State President of one country involved in this war, Paul Kruger, stirred public fury in the other country involved. In this war, a 217-day siege took place at Mafeking, and it was preempted by the Jameson raid. For 10 points, name this conflict between the British and a namesake group of Dutch settlers.
During this war, the relief of the town of Kimberley started a rise in fortunes for John French and Douglas "Butcher" Haig.