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South African War
I. Introduction

South African War (1899-1902), also known as the Boer War, conflict fought between the British Empire and two Boer states—the Transvaal Republic (South African Republic) and the Orange Free State—in what is now South Africa.

Contributed By:
Iain R. Smith, M.A., D.Phil.
Reader in History at the University of Warwick. Author, The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1886-1890 and The Origins of the South African War, 1899-1902. Editor, The Siege of Mafeking.
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