31 May 1899
Bloemfontein Conference
Fails to settle the franchise dispute with Kruger.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Bloemfontein in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Fails to settle the franchise dispute with Kruger.
Supports Roberts's advance and occupation of Bloemfontein as British momentum improves.
British forces occupy the Orange Free State and rename it the Orange River Colony.
Occupies the Orange Free State capital.
British forces occupy the Orange Free State and rename it the Orange River Colony.
The British launch an offensive against the Boer capital
British forces occupy the Orange Free State and rename it the Orange River Colony.
Reports suffering in British concentration camps.
Provenance
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