Second Boer war
| 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 | |||||||||
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 Lord Milner Lord Roberts Sir Redvers Buller Lord Kitchener
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 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 | |||||||||
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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 | |||||||||
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Military casualties: 22,000 died (7,882 in combat 14,210 died of disease) 934 missing 22,828 wounded |
Military casualties: |
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Orange Free State South African Republic
Cape Boers
Lord Salisbury Joseph Chamberlain
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