The Relief of the Mafeking marked a major turning point in the war.
The discovery of new natural resources at Witwatersrand reignited interests in the region by one of the combatants in this conflict. One incident in this war saw a surprise engagement that led to The Koornspruit Disaster at the Battle of Sanna's post led by Christiaan De Wet. In Thomas Pakenham's history of the conflict, he refers to it initially as Milner's War, named after the colony governor who would utilize the Utilander question as a pretext for engagement. The Relief of the Mafeking marked a major turning point in the war. Sparked in part by the failed Jameson Raids on Paul Kruger's Transvaal Republic and ended by the Treaty of Vereeniging, for 10 points, name this South African conflict fought between the British and the eponymous people of the Transvaal and Orange Free State.
The discovery of new natural resources at Witwatersrand reignited interests in the region by one of the combatants in this conflict.
Second Boer War [prompt on Boer War do not accept First Boer War]