John Denton Pinkstone French Ypres, 1st13 March 1900
British forces occupy the Orange Free State and rename it the Orange River Colony.
Great Britain · Warfare / Boer War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
British forces occupy the Orange Free State and rename it the Orange River Colony.
The British launch an offensive against the Boer capital
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