Boer Rallies
<span class="excerpt_part">...Davitt Papers, Trinity College Dublin, Manuscripts and Archives Research Library, MS 9657 — notes, reports and draft material concerning the <strong>Boer</strong> War and Davitt’s The <strong>Boer</strong> Fight for Freedom. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}...</span>
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Irish Commandos
<span class="excerpt_part">...<strong>Boer</strong> forces and Irish volunteers. Michael Davitt, The <strong>Boer</strong> Fight for Freedom, New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1902 — Davitt’s contemporary first-hand account based upon his travels among the <strong>Boer</strong>...</span>
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Divided Loyalties
<span class="excerpt_part">...<strong>Boer</strong> War occurred in 1880–1881, followed by the Second <strong>Boer</strong> War in 1899–1902. Both arose from British efforts to control the region, intensified by diamonds and gold. The <strong>Boer</strong>s fought...</span>
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New Nationalism
<span class="excerpt_part">...the <strong>Boer</strong> War and Davitt’s The <strong>Boer</strong> Fight for Freedom. James Connolly, resolution drafted for an Irish Socialist Republican Party public meeting, 27 August 1899, William O’Brien Papers, National Library...</span>
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Boers Defended
<span class="excerpt_part">Nationalists throughout Limerick are following a forceful parliamentary protest against Britain’s continuing war in South Africa, where Irish representatives have declared their sympathy for the <strong>Boer</strong> republics. John Redmond told...</span>
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Tabanyama Assault
<span class="excerpt_part">...regiments abroad. Between 20 and 22 January 1900, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren’s force attempted to break the <strong>Boer</strong> defensive line west of Spion Kop and open a route towards besieged...</span>
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Summit Disaster
<span class="excerpt_part">...discovered that they occupied only a cramped portion of the plateau and remained exposed to <strong>Boer</strong> rifles and artillery firing from several directions. Louis Botha rallied the defenders while <strong>Boer</strong>...</span>
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Ladysmith Assault
<span class="excerpt_part"><strong>Boer</strong> commandos launched a major assault upon the British defensive line south of besieged Ladysmith before dawn on 6 January 1900. Their principal targets were Wagon Hill and Caesar’s Camp,...</span>
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<span class="excerpt_part">...quoted Daly as declaring that British soldiers were falling before the <strong>Boer</strong>s and that, once the <strong>Boer</strong>s had taken the “stuffing” out of them, the men of Cork and the...</span>
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Divided Loyalties
<span class="excerpt_part">...while others condemn the campaign against the <strong>Boer</strong> republics as an act of imperial aggression. Many households occupy a more painful position, opposing British policy while anxiously awaiting news from...</span>
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