Boers in a sentence

After a brief skirmish in which the column lost 65 killed and wounded—while the Boers lost but one man—Jameson's men surrendered and were arrested by the Boers.

Against the Boers at Blood River, massed gunfire broke the back of the Zulu assault, and the Boers were later able to mount a cavalry sweep in counterattack that became a turkey shoot against fleeing Zulu remnants.

Although a number of prisoners died, being buried at Knollcombes, the islanders and Boers developed a relationship of mutual respect and trust, a few Boers choosing to remain on the island when the war ended in 1902.

Kitchener's forces at last began to seriously affect the Boers' fighting strength and freedom of manoeuvre, and made it harder for the Boers and their families to survive.

The Boers had no problems with mobilisation, since the fiercely independent Boers had no regular army units, apart from the Staatsartillerie (Afrikaans for 'States Artillery') of both republics.

Sinterklaas arrived safely at Apeldoorn station, where he was received by mayor Petra van Wingerden-Boers before he traveled through the city by coach.

The Boers of South Africa passed a law to stop their victims from condemning ethnic cleansing.

The most surprising finding for Boers was that time spent playing video games was not contributing to depressive symptoms.

The Boers owned about 85 percent of the farmland at the end of Apartheid and still own 72 percent.

WGN Radio’s Adam Hoge has an intimate conversation with the iconic Chicago broadcaster, columnist, and author Terry Boers.

About 65 Boers were captured in the operation.

After the outbreak of the First World War a small number of Boers staged the Maritz Rebellion and aligned themselves with the Central Powers in a failed gambit to regain independence.

Although Roberts drove the Boers from the hill, the Boer commander, Louis Botha, did not regard it as a defeat, for he inflicted more casualties on the British (totalling 162 men) while suffering around 50 casualties.

An additional problem was the Boers' use of traditional medicines like a cow-dung poultice for skin diseases and crushed insects for convulsions.sfn Coupled with a shortage of modern medical facilities, many of the internees died.

A number of Boers fled into Swaziland, only to have the Swazi disarm them and confiscate their cattle.

As the war raged across their farms and their homes were destroyed, many Africans became refugees and they, like the Boers, moved to the towns where the British Army hastily created internment camps.

A treaty was signed with the Boers of Griqualand in 1843 and an agreement was made with the British in 1853 following a minor war.

Before the war, the Boers had constructed several forts south of Pretoria, but the artillery had been removed from the forts for use in the field, and in the event they abandoned Pretoria without a fight.

Both the British and the Boers continued to have access to Swaziland with occasional skirmishes occurring.

By May, 1900, the Queen was worried that the Boers would intervene against her in case of a succession dispute.