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1 Phases of the South African War Phase 3: Guerrilla Tactics

2 3 Distinct Phases: The Boers on attack British Troops Arrive Guerrilla Tactics

3 British Troops arrive Annexed Johannesburg: Did the war stop here? (in 1900) Bittereinders – The Boers who fought until the end of the war…

4 Phase three: Guerrilla warfare Guerrilla tactics: moved away from big open battles more crafty ways of doing things Small groups of Boers: – Damage railway lines – Cut telegraph wires – Prevent supplies from reaching troops Surprise attacks on small groups of British soldiers General Christiaan de Wet: Boer Hero Boers knew area and veld, were good shots

5 British reaction? They saw that they will not win the war if they do not resort to other tactics Put up 3 700 miles (+/ 6000 km) of barbed wire barricades Built blockhouses (small forts) Tried to make it more difficult for the Boer guerrilla units to move around

6 Blockhouses

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8 BBC Film: The Boer War

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