Lex Anteinternet: Orange Free State

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Saturday, October 12, 2024

Thursday, October 12, 1899. Battle of Kraaipan and a Homecoming in Vermont.

The Boer Potchefstroom and Lichtenburg commandos attacked and captured the British garrison and railway siding at Kraaipan between Vryburg and Mafeking.

Admiral Dewey was welcomed home to his native Vermont in what was declared as Dewey Day.

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Wednesday October 11, 1899. The Boer War Commences.

Labels: 1890s, 1899, Boer War, British Army, British Empire, Cape Colony, Mining, Orange Free State, South African Republic (Transvaal), The Boer Republics, United Kingdom

Friday, October 11, 2024

Wednesday October 11, 1899. The Boer War Commences.

The Boer Republics' deadline having expired, the Boer War commenced with a formal declaration of war.

Last edition:

Tuesday, October 10, 1899. Isaac R. Johnson patented the modern bicycle frame.

Labels: 1890s, 1899, Bicycles, Ethnicities, technology, Transportation

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Monday, October 9, 1899. Boer ultimatum.

The South African Republic (Transvaal) andthe Orange Free State issued an ultimatum to the United Kingdom declaring that a state of war would exist if the British did not remove their troops from their respective borders.

Alexander Merensky, “Original map of the Transvaal or South-African Republic,” HIST 1952, accessed October 9, 2024, https://hist1952.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/179.

With war approaching, the first first British troops reached Durban, South Africa. The theoretical cause of the war was the Boer treatment of the foreign gold miners in the the Witwatersrand Gold Rush, most specifically the deprivation of the franchise.

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Sunday, October 8, 1899. Marines take Noveleta, Luzon.

Labels: 1890s, 1899, It was because of World War One, Luzon, Philippine Insurrection, Philippines, United States Marine Corps

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