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Commander in Chief

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

3Records
1899–1900Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1899

Redvers Henry Buller14 October 1899

Warfare / Boer War, 2nd

Sets sail in the Dunnotar Castle for South Africa

Redvers Henry Buller1899

Warfare / Boer War, 2nd

Appointed Commander in Chief in South Africa

1900

Horatio Herbert Kitchener Khartoum29 November 1900

Pretoria · Warfare / Boer War, 2nd

Succeeds Roberts as commander in chief in South Africa.

Names involved

Horatio Herbert Kitchener KhartoumRedvers Henry Buller

Provenance

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