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Capture of Orange Free State

Great Britain · Warfare / Boer War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1900Date range
3Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1900

John Denton Pinkstone French Ypres, 1st13 March 1900

Bloemfontein · Warfare / Boer War, 2nd

British forces occupy the Orange Free State and rename it the Orange River Colony.

Frederick Sleigh Roberts Roberts, 1st24 May 1900

Orange Free State · Warfare / Boer War, 2nd

British forces occupy the Orange Free State and rename it the Orange River Colony.

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill1900

Orange Free State · Warfare / Boer War, 2nd

British forces occupy the Orange Free State and rename it the Orange River Colony.

Names involved

Frederick Sleigh Roberts Roberts, 1stJohn Denton Pinkstone French Ypres, 1stWinston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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