Boer War, British Army Cross Zand River

Lord Roberts infantry crossing the Zand River - balloon watching ahead for the Boers, South Africa. Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts (September 30 1832 - November 14, 1914) was a British soldier who was one of the most successful commanders of the 19th century. In 1899 Roberts took command of British forces in the Second Boer War. His appointment was a response to a string of defeats in the early weeks of the war and was accompanied by the dispatch of huge reinforcement. He ended a succession of British defeats, and captured Bloemfontein, capital of the Orange Free State Republic in March 1900. He then annexed the state as the Orange River Colony in May 1900, and took the cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria. He gave way to Horatio Herbert Kitchener as Commander-in-Chief in South Africa in November 1900. The Second Boer War (October 11, 1899 - May 31, 1902) was fought between the British Empire and two Boer states, the South African Republic (Republic of Transvaal) and the Orange Free State, over the Empire's influence in South Africa. The war ended in surrender and British terms with the Treaty of Vereeniging in May 1902. Both former republics were incorporated into the Union of South Africa in 1910, as part of the British Empire. Underwood and Underwood, undated

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