In 1757, Robert Clive had raised the 1st Regiment of the Bengal Native Infantry of which two companies were grenadier companies, however, no regiments of grenadiers were formed from the Bengal Army until a battalion was formed in 1779.
By now British sentiment was in favoured of amalgamating their own colonies and the Boer republics into one union, with the primary purpose of gaining possession of the Transvaal gold mines. The Premier of the Cape Colony, Sir Cecil Rhodes, first tried to achieve this union through a putsch that failed due to wariness on the part of Paul Kruger, President of the Boer Republic.
1 Other nations were part of the Second Boer War. 2  Australia and India fought on the side of the British, while Germany, Sweden, and the Netherlands fought on the side of the Boers. 3  Many of the Boers left South Africa after the Second Boer War. 4  They went to places like Argentina, Kenya, Mexico, and the United States.oer Soldiers. 1  The word boer means farmer in Dutch. 2  The Boers were part of a larger group of white South Africans called Afrikaners. 3  Other nations were part of the Second Boer War. 4  Many of the Boers left South Africa after the Second Boer War. 5  The Boers attempted to revolt against the British at the start of World War I.