Anglo Boer War Phases

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Across
  1. 2. Battle where Buller was defeated again in February 1900
  2. 4. Black South Africans who supported Boer forces in various roles
  3. 6. warfare The first phase of the South African War using regular armies and tactics
  4. 9. Fortified structures linked by barbed wire to trap guerrillas
  5. 11. Independent state governed without a monarchy
  6. 12. Town in the west besieged by Boer forces
  7. 13. Battle where the British were defeated during Black Week
  8. 15. Forced departure from one’s country
  9. 17. Bay Port from which Kruger left South Africa
  10. 19. Capital of the Orange Free State taken by the British
  11. 20. British colony invaded by Boer forces at the start of the war
  12. 22. Hobhouse British woman who exposed conditions in the camps
  13. 23. Week Period in December 1899 when Britain suffered three defeats
  14. 25. Site of an early Boer victory in Natal
  15. 26. Tactic used by Boer guerrilla fighters
  16. 27. Kop Battle where Buller suffered a defeat in January 1900
  17. 28. Farm animals seized or killed during scorched-earth policy
  18. 32. warfare The second phase of the war based on hit-and-run tactics
  19. 33. Military tactic of surrounding and isolating a town
Down
  1. 1. Material used to link blockhouses across the veld
  2. 3. Another British defeat during Black Week
  3. 5. Infrastructure cut by the Boers to block British supplies
  4. 6. Battle where Buller failed to relieve Ladysmith
  5. 7. earth Policy of destroying farms and resources to weaken the Boers
  6. 8. Capital of the South African Republic occupied by the British
  7. 10. Boer president who went into exile during the war
  8. 14. Town in the northern Cape that was besieged by the Boers
  9. 16. Illness caused by lack of proper nutrition in camps
  10. 18. Taken over and officially made part of another country
  11. 21. Open grassland where much of the war was fought
  12. 24. Town besieged by the Boers trapping British troops
  13. 29. Disease that spreads rapidly among many people
  14. 30. Communication system used to link blockhouses
  15. 31. camps Camps where civilians were held under harsh conditions