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| Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - An Acre of Massacre: The Second Boer Wars Battle of Spion Kop. | Aug 10, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 24, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ScholarWorks at UMassAmherst - The South African War: Implications and Convictions of Postwar Politics and Policy (PDF). | Apr 21, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Government of Canada - Library and Archives Canada - South African War, 1899-1902 - Service Files, Medals and Land Applications. | Jan 23, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Nightlife - Nightlife History - The Boer War and 1902. | Dec 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Eastern Illinois University - The South African War of 1899-1902: A Historiography. | Feb 15, 2025 | ||
| In the second paragraph, changed “protagonists” to “belligerents.” | Feb 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Weapons and Warfare - Boer Forces. | Dec 21, 2024 | ||
| Updated to reflect that Ladysmith is now uMnambithi and updated the spelling of Mahikeng. | Oct 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The National Archives - The South African War. | Jul 31, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Australian War Memorial - Australia and the Boer War, 1899�1902. | Nov 09, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Canada and the South African War (Boer War). | Jun 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Army Museum - Boer War. | Jan 06, 2023 | ||
| Changed “black” to “Black.” | Oct 01, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Apr 26, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: New Zealand History - South African 'Boer' War. | Oct 12, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: South African History Online - The South African War 1899-1902. | Mar 06, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand - South African War. | Dec 04, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: South African History Online - Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Methuen, British general, destroys the village of Schweizer-Reneke. | May 15, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Second Boer War. | May 30, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - The Boer War. | Dec 14, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: New Zealand History - South African War. | Dec 14, 2012 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 31, 2011 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Aug 03, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Boer War or South African War. | Oct 16, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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