The Boer War 1899-1900 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryWarfareA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: ConnieWillisCreated on: 03-02-18 18:16 Where did Sir George White arrive and with how many men? Arrived at Natal from India with 10,000 men 1 of 18 How many Boers were there in this region? 35,000 - Brits were outnumbered 2 of 18 What was the site of the wars first battle? Dundee - Brit main base at Ladysmith 3 of 18 What was the outcome of the first battle? 446 British causalities (inc Penn-Symons) and retreated to Ladysmith 4 of 18 What happened after the Brits retreated to Ladysmith? The Boers surrounded it and bombarded them with siege guns - The battle of Modderspruit. 5 of 18 What was the overall outcome at Ladysmith? British disaster - 140 dead, 1000 captured and Brits stuck in Ladysmith. 6 of 18 What happened at Mafeking? Baden-Powell was hoping to attack with his men, but ended up being attacked by the Boers first 7 of 18 What was the Boers aims at Mafeking? To besiege Mafeking and starve the british into surrender 8 of 18 What happened in early November? The Boer's laid siege to Kimberly ( a diamond mining town) 9 of 18 What did the Boers NOT do after the sieged towns? They didn't attempt to capture the towns 10 of 18 Why did this give the brits an advantage? Brits were given time to recover 11 of 18 What shifted the balance of power in Britain's direction in October? The arrival of Buller 12 of 18 How did Buller split up the army? Methuen (w/20,000) sent to Kimberly and Mafeking, Garacre (3000) secure northern Cape from Boer raids. Buller main force to Ladysmith 13 of 18 When was the 'Black Week'? 10-15 Dec 1899 14 of 18 What were the three main disasters of Black Week? Gatacre's attempt to take Stormberg, Methuen's attack at Magersfontein and failure to relieve Kimberly and Buller's attempt to relieve Ladysmith. 15 of 18 What is a heliograph? An apparatus for signalling by reflecting the suns rays 16 of 18 Why was Buller replaced? He signalled to White (in Ladysmith) using a heliograph that he should surrender 17 of 18 Who was he replaced by? Lord Roberts with Kitchener - joined as Chief of Staff so Buller still around 18 of 18
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