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{{Military conflict
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| conflict =Second Boer War
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| date =1899-1902
| location =[[South Africa]]
| combatant1 =[[United Kingdom]]
| combatant2 =[[Orange Free State]]<br>[[South African Republic]]
| commander1 =[[Frederick Roberts]]<br>[[Lord Kitchener]]
| commander2 =[[Christiaan de Wet]]
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'''Boer War''' is the description of two wars: The first and the second Boer War.
==Prelude==
==Prelude==
The war was caused by the propaganda of Lord [[Alfred Milner]] against the government of the Transvaal, in which he claimed that they refused to grant equal voting rights to the many thousands of (largely British) settlers who had flocked to the area to exploit the gold mines of the Rand, while the mine owners sought to replace the government of President [[Paul Kruger]] with one more compliant to their interests. History shows that Milner's claims were false, though, as the Transvaal government offered to dramatically shorten the time a British citizen had to live in the South African Republic before receiving voting rights. Milner's propaganda was made in an attempt to find a reason to declare war on the Boer Republics, in order to expand the British Empire across Africa.<ref>Pakenham, Thomas, The Boer War, 1979, p. 33-35 (in Afrikaans translation)</ref> An attempted coup - the 'Jameson Raid' (Dec 29 1895-Jan 2 1896) - backed by the Prime Minister of the Cape colony, Cecil Rhodes, failed, which let the Boers know that war was to follow.<ref>Pakenham, Thomas, The Boer War, 1979, p. 26-33 (in Afrikaans translation)</ref>
The war was caused by the propaganda of Lord [[Alfred Milner]] against the government of the Transvaal, in which he claimed that they refused to grant equal voting rights to the many thousands of (largely British) settlers who had flocked to the area to exploit the gold mines of the Rand, while the mine owners sought to replace the government of President [[Paul Kruger]] with one more compliant to their interests. History shows that Milner's claims were false, though, as the Transvaal government offered to dramatically shorten the time a British citizen had to live in the South African Republic before receiving voting rights. Milner's propaganda was made in an attempt to find a reason to declare war on the Boer Republics, in order to expand the British Empire across Africa.<ref>Pakenham, Thomas, The Boer War, 1979, p. 33-35 (in Afrikaans translation)</ref> An attempted coup - the 'Jameson Raid' (Dec 29 1895-Jan 2 1896) - backed by the Prime Minister of the Cape colony, Cecil Rhodes, failed, which let the Boers know that war was to follow.<ref>Pakenham, Thomas, The Boer War, 1979, p. 26-33 (in Afrikaans translation)</ref>