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馃嚪馃嚭馃嚳馃嚘 On 12 Oct 1899, Boer forces entered British Cape Colony & Natal opening hostilities in the Second Anglo-Boer War.
鉂楋笍 British scorched-earth tactics & concentration camps claimed thousands of civilian lives.
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At 17, Deneys Reitz rode out with a Transvaal commando at the start of the 2nd Boer War. He fought at Spion Kop, then joined Smuts鈥檚 raid deep into the British-held Cape Colony. He refused to accept British rule after the war and self-exiled in Madagascar.

































