In which modern-day country was the Anglo-Boer war fought?
First Boer War First Boer War The First Boer War (, literally "First Freedom War"), also known as the First Anglo-Boer War, the Transvaal War or the Transvaal Rebellion, was a war fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881 between the United Kingdom and the South African Republic (also known as the Transvaal Republic; not to be confused with the modern-day Republic of South Africa). The war resulted in defeat for the British and the second independence of the South African Republic. In the 19th century a series of events occurred in the southern part of the African continent, with the
Anglo-Boer War Memorial (Johannesburg) men, women and children of all races and all nations who lost their lives in the Anglo Boer War, 1899–1902". 1 June 2002 saw a gathering at the memorial to commemorate the hundred-year anniversary of the end of the Second Boer War, on 31 May 1902. A total of 22 000 British soldiers, 7 000 Boers, 24 000 black men, women and children, and 22 000 white women and children who had died during the war or in concentration camps, were remembered at the ceremony. In 2015, the City of Johannesburg budgeted R1,000,000 to restore the memorial which included cleaning