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Anglo-Boer War

Scorched Earth Policy Draw pictures to show what British soldiers did to the Boers in their "Scorched Earth Policy".

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Anglo-Boer War

Clothes, uniforms and weapons of British and Boer soldiers List, describe or draw the differences:

British Boer

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Anglo-Boer War Emily Hobhouse A British woman, Emily Hobhouse, came to South Africa to inspect the British concentration camps. She was horrified at the conditions she found in these camps. She enlisted support and was able to improve the conditions. Write a letter to your friends or family or the British officials as if you were Emily Hobhouse to describe the conditions and appeal for help.

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Anglo-Boer War Use the information about the Jameson Raid in the box below and write an exciting newspaper report: In 1895, a column of 600 armed men was led by Dr Leander Starr Jameson over the ZAR border towards Johannesburg to liberate Johannesburg from the control of the Transvaal government. However, the Transvaal authorities had advance warning of the Jameson Raid and tracked it from the moment it crossed the border. Four days later, the weary and dispirited column was surrounded near Krugersdorp within sight of Johannesburg. After a brief skirmish in which the column lost 65 killed and wounded, and the Boers lost one man, Jameson's men surrendered and were, in turn, arrested by the Boers.

The Republic News Jameson Raid Fails!

The arrest of Jameson after the failed raid, in 1896

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Anglo-Boer War Emily Hobhouse Word Search Circle all the words from the list AAS pg. 42

G D S F T C S X Z C A M P S ASHES

E M I L Y H O B H O U S E O CAMPS

M C L H I E U B K N E M O W CHILDREN

G O R E S C T M P D J K L G CONCENTRATION

E N G L I S H H F I Y S V D CONDITIONS

R C Y P L D A A E T U U P L EMILY HOBHOUSE

H E T E S W F G Y I F F G I ENGLISH

Q N H D V J R K L O U F N G HELPED

F T O V I S I T F N H E I B HORRIFIED

Y R O C X F C Q W S X R K Y SCHOOLS

F A S H E S A K L B N E C M SHOCKING

G T T C H I L D R E N D O O SOUTH AFRICA

E I B P U N R E O J X K H L SUFFERED

H O R R I F I E D Y I O S E VISIT

S N C R T S C H O O L S H K WOMEN

The Battle of Majuba True or False Read the AASA page 42 Battle of Majuba and answer true or false to the statements below. If false – write out the correct answer! On 29 February British soldiers gathered on Amajuba mountain

The British soldiers wanted to drive the Zulu from Laing’s Nek below.

The Boers saw the red boots and climbed the mountain.

The Boers surprised the British

The British General was Colonel George Colley.

So many British died that they surrendered

On 23 March a peace treaty was signed to begin the war.

Transvaal was taken away from the Boers.

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Anglo-Boer War Baden-Powel and boy scouts Use the information in the box below and write a short description of the skills Baden-Powel taught his cadets and how some are still taught to boy scouts to this day:

The Mafeking Cadet Corps was a group of boy cadets during the siege of Mafeking which took place over 217 days during the Second Boer War in 1899-1900. Robert Baden-Powell was the British colonel charged with defending the town. Because of the shortage of manpower in the town, boys were used to support the troops, carry messages, and help in the hospital. This freed up men for military duties, and kept the boys occupied.

The cadets consisted of volunteer white boys below fighting age. Their leader was the 13 year old Warner Goodyear, who became their Sergeant-Major. They were given khaki uniforms and a wide-brimmed hat which they wore with one side turned up, and a Glengarry cap, and the towns people often commented on their smartness.

One of the cadets' duties was to carry messages around the town and to outlying forts, sometimes as much as a mile away across open ground. At first they used donkeys, but as the siege ran on, food became scarce and the donkeys ended up in the kitchen. From then on, the cadets used bicycles instead.

Another important duty was to act as lookouts, mainly to warn the townspeople when the Boer siege guns were aimed and fired at different parts of the town. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafeking_Cadet_Corps

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Anglo-Boer War Boer versus Briton Arrange and write these events on the time line: Read AASA page 42 and take note of every date mentioned and write these events in on this time line: (The first few are done for you) 1852 Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) founded

First Anglo Boer War

1886 Gold was discovered on the Witwatersrand

1877 Britain took over the ZAR

1880 20 December Boers attacked British troops at Bronkhorstspruit

1881 27 February British surrender at Majuba Hill

1881 23 March British sign peace treaty and Transvaal was returned to the Boers

1895 29 December Dr Jameson and 500 men invade the Transvaal

Second Anglo Boer War

9 October 1899 Transvaal demanded the British withdraw from Transvaal

11 October 1899 Boers declared war

2 November 1899 Attack and siege of Ladysmith

4 November 1899 Kimberley besieged by Boers

11 December 1899 Battle of Magersfontein - Boers won

15 December 1899 Battle of Colenso - Boers won

24 January 1900 Battle of Spioenkop - Boers won

7 February 1900 Battle at Vaalkrans - Boers won

15 February 1900 British troops free Kimberley

28 February 1900 Ladysmith freed

17 May 1900 Mafeking relieved

31 May and 5 June 1900 British march on Johannesburg and Pretoria

1901 British begin Scorched Earth policy

1902 31 May Peace Treaty signed at Vereeniging

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Time Line Date Event 1886 Gold discovered on the Witwatersrand 1877 Britain took over the ZAR 1878 1879 1880 20 December Boers attacked British troops at Bronkhorstspruit 1881 27 February British surrender at Majuba Hill

23 March British sign peace treaty & Transvaal is returned to the Boers 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1991 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1897 1898 1899 9 October

11 October 2 November 4 November 11 December 15 December

1900 24 January 7 February 15 February 28 February

17 May 31 May 5 June

1901 1902 31 May

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Crossword Puzzle Second Anglo Boer War AASA page 42&43

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2 To announce your purpose

3 wars or fights

4 Army leader

5 invades, starts a war

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b from Afrikaaner or Dutch descent

c ZAR/ Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek

d surround, not let anyone in or out

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Jameson Raid Unscramble these sentences

Read AASA page 42 and unscramble the words of these mixed up sentences to write clear sensible sentences. Remember your punctuation!

was Gold discovered 1886 on in the Witwatersrand

Johannesburg flocked countries the to many tent-town from Fortune-hunters

Uitlanders were They called

They because complained they vote. not could

Cecil John Rhodes, The Cape sympathized Uitlanders. prime minister the with

Kruger’s hoped overthrow Rhodes government. to

Britain Rhodes wanted Transvaal all its with to over take gold.

Dr Jameson In 1895 men and 500 invaded Transvaal.

Boers Dr Jameson. stopped The

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Anglo-Boer War Guerrilla Warfare

Comic Strip Drawings

Although the Anglo Boer war was considered by some to be ‘the last of the gentleman’s wars’, the Boers used guerrilla warfare tactics. Read about these in AASA page 43 and draw the Boers at war using these strategies in comic strips in the boxes below. Try including information about trench warfare and General Koos de la Rey in your comic strip.

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Anglo-Boer War Answer Pages: Emily Hobhouse Word Search AAS pg.42 Circle all the words from the list

S C A M P S ASHES

E M I L Y H O B H O U S E CAMPS

C H U N E M O W CHILDREN

O E T D CONCENTRATION

E N G L I S H I S CONDITIONS

C P A T U EMILY HOBHOUSE

E E F I F G ENGLISH

N D R O F N HELPED

T V I S I T N E I HORRIFIED

R C S R K SCHOOLS

A S H E S A E C SHOCKING

T C H I L D R E N D O SOUTH AFRICA

I H SUFFERED

H O R R I F I E D S VISIT

N S C H O O L S WOMEN

The Battle of Majuba True or False On 29 February British soldiers gathered on Amajuba Mountain. False On 27 February________________________ The British soldiers wanted to drive the Zulu from Laing’s Nek below. False They saw the Boers in Laing’s Nek__________ The Boers saw the red boots and climbed the mountain._ False They saw the red coats _______________________ The Boers surprised the British. True________________________ The British General was Colonel George Colley. False Sir George Colley________________________________ So many British died that they surrendered. True___________________________________________ On 23 March a peace treaty was signed to begin the war. False Treaty was signed to end the war Transvaal was taken away from the Boers. False The Transvaal was returned to the Boers____________

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Jameson Raid Unscramble these sentences Gold was discovered in 1886 on the Witwatersrand. Fortune-hunters from many countries flocked to the tent-town Johannesburg. They were called Uitlanders. They complained because they could not vote. The Cape Prime Minister Cecil John Rhodes, sympathized with the Uitlanders. Rhodes hoped to overthrow Kruger’s government. Rhodes wanted Britain to take over Transvaal with all its gold. In 1895 Dr Jameson and 500 men invaded Transvaal. The Boers stopped Dr Jameson.

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