Give any year the Boer Wars was fought?
Boer Commando In the Anglo-Boer War, most burghers were issued with the modern, clip-loading Mauser rifle, but a range of weapons were in use, including: The following Boer commandos existed in the Orange Free State and Transvaal: Boer Commando The Boer commandos or "Kommandos" were volunteer military units of guerilla militia organized by the Boer people of South Africa. The term came into English usage during the Second Boer War of 1899-1902. In 1658, war erupted between the Dutch settlers at Cape Colony and the Khoi-khoi. In order to protect the settlement, all able bodied men were conscripted. After the conclusion of
Boer frontier later became Grensboere ("border farmers") who were the direct ancestors of the Voortrekkers. Though the Boers accepted British rule without resistance in 1877, they fought two Boer Wars in the late 19th century to defend their internationally recognised independent countries, the republics of the Transvaal (the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, or ZAR) and the Orange Free State (OFS), against the threat of annexation by the British Crown. This led the key figure in organising the resistance, Paul Kruger, into conflict with the British. After the second Anglo-Boer War, a Boer diaspora occurred. Starting in 1903, the largest group emigrated to the