Similar words: cyberwar, silverware, afterward, afterwards, boer, under way, waterway, underway. Meaning: n. either of two wars: the first when the Boers fought England in order to regain the independence they had given up to obtain British help against the Zulus (1880-1881); the second when the Orange Free State and Transvaal declared war on Britain (1899-1902).
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1. Most of these guns are relics from the Boer War.
2. Recruitment was a major source of anxiety following Boer War revelations about the high rate of recruits rejected on grounds of ill-health.
3. This was the one international issue between the Boer War and 1914 which mobilized large public demonstrations.
4. I missed Matata's sixth sense and the Boer war rifle.
5. Small wonder that, by the time of the Boer War, the pacifists felt like a small and beleaguered minority.
6. From 1899 to 1901 he fought in the Boer war.
7. As in the Boer War, the issue of peace cut across class lines, opening the way to a political realignment.
8. I was comforted when Matata showed me a Boer war rifle wrapped in rags in the bottom of the canoe.
9. As in the Boer War, pocket watches were uncomfortable and even dangerous to use in combat situations.
10. Of the aristocracy. The Boer War started it, and 1914 put the lid on.
11. A historical X-ray of the foot of a Boer War (1899-1902) soldier, showing a gunshot wound.
12. The Boer War, or South African War, of 1899-1902 was pretty pointless.
13. She was converted to pacifism by the Quaker Hilda Clark, while at university during the Boer war.
14. A career soldier, he had died leading his men into battle at Spion Kop during the Boer War.
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15. Once again, however, it took the fears engendered by the Boer War to arouse widespread interest in the issue.
16. Two years later she applied to nurse in the Boer War and died from typhoid fever at Simonstown, aged 37.
17. Most of the guns, however, were at least 40 years old, some of them relics from the Boer War.
18. During his army career, Churchill saw military action in India, in the Sudan and the Second Boer War.
19. Known as "Reverse" Buller by his troops during the Second Boer War, the Englishman was first defeated at the Battle of Colenso and subsequently lost his position as overall commander.
20. A former Prime Minister of England said in regard to the Boer War, that it "served to maintain the principle that the smaller nationalities should not be oppressed."
21. Winston Churchill, Life Magazine's Man of The Century, first made a name for himself as a daring soldier in the Boer War.
22. Many officers began to wear trench coats at the turn of the century, during the Boer War in South Africa.
23. At all events the war has done one good thing for us. It's smashed up the power of the aristocracy. The Boer War started it, and 1914 put the lid on.
24. The only fact that Britain refused to supply Canada with enough Lee-Enfield rifles during the second Boer war resulted in adoption of the . 303 caliber Ross Mark I rifle in 1902.
25. It's smashed up the power of the aristocracy. The Boer War started it,(sentencedict.com) and 1914 put the lid on.
26. The library said it would focus on digitizing newspapers documenting historical events in the 19th century, including the Crimean War, the Boer War and the suffragette movement.
27. In his early days Gandhi served as a stretcher-bearer on the British side in the Boer War, and he was prepared to do the same again in the war of 1914-18.
28. Travers, T. H. E. "Technology, Tactics, and Morale: Jean de Bloch, the Boer War and British Military Theory, 1900-1914. " Journal of Modern History 51 (June 1979): 264-86.
29. At the time of publication, Victoria was queen, the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury was the Conservative Prime Minister, and the Second Boer War was raging.
30. 1900 - Oscar II, King of Sweden, declares support for Britain at the time of the Second Boer War.
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