The British suffered humiliating defeats at the battles of Colenso, Stormberg, and Magersfontein during five particularly bleak days of this conflict.
The British suffered humiliating defeats at the battles of Colenso, Stormberg, and Magersfontein during five particularly bleak days of this conflict. It was partially caused by the Jameson raid, which failed to overthrow the government of Paul (*) Kruger, and the tide turned after Field Marshal Lord Roberts' forces captured four thousand enemy troops at the Battle of Paardeberg. Ending with the Treaty of Vereeniging, FTP, identify this turn of the century war between the British and two South African republics.
The British suffered humiliating defeats at the battles of Colenso, Stormberg, and Magersfontein during five particularly bleak days of this conflict.
The Second {Boer} War (also accept {South African War}, and {Anglo- Boer War}; prompt on {Second War of Independence})