2nd Boer War

Second Boer War

Part of the Boer Wars

Boers at Spion Kop, 1900 - Project Gutenberg eText 16462.jpg

Boer militiamen at Spionkop

Date	11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902 (2 years, 7 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
Location	South Africa, Swaziland
Result	British Empire victory
Territorial changes	British administration over The Orange Free State and the Transvaal in accordance with the Treaty of Vereeniging

Belligerents

United Kingdom

Canada
New Zealand
New South Wales (1899–1901)
Western Australia (1899–1901)
Tasmania (1899–1901)
South Australia (1899–1901)
Victoria (1899–1901)
Queensland (1899–1901)
Australia (from 1901)
British Ceylon

Orange Free State
South African Republic
Cape Boers

Foreign volunteers

Commanders and leaders

Lord Salisbury
Joseph Chamberlain

Sir Redvers Buller

Schalk W. Burger

Christiaan de Wet

Piet Cronjé (POW)

Strength

British Regulars:
347,000
Colonial Forces:
103,000–153,000

25,000 Transvaal and 15,000 Free State Boers at the start of the war, plus foreign volunteers and Cape Boers

Casualties and losses

Military casualties:
22,092 dead
934 missing
22,828 wounded

Military casualties:
6,189 dead
24,000 Boer prisoners sent overseas;
;
21,256 bitter-enders surrendered at the end of the war;

Civilian casualties: 26,370 Boer women and children died in concentration camps, along with 20,000+ black Africans of the 115,000 interned

Orange Free State
South African Republic
Cape Boers

Lord Salisbury
Joseph Chamberlain

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