Second Boer War | |||||||||
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Part of the Boer Wars | |||||||||
Boer militiamen at Spionkop |
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Belligerents | |||||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Lord Salisbury Lord Roberts Sir Redvers Buller Lord Kitchener |
Paul Kruger Louis Botha Schalk W. Burger Koos de la Rey Martinus Steyn Christiaan de Wet Piet Cronjé (POW) Piet Joubert |
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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: 22,000 died (7,882 in combat 14,210 died of disease) 934 missing 22,828 wounded |
Military casualties: |
Orange Free State
South African Republic
Cape Boers
Lord Salisbury
Joseph Chamberlain