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16    <td> <h3 align="center"><font size="3" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">First 
17        Boer War<br>
18        1880-1881</font></h3>
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23    <td colspan="2"> <p align="center"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This 
24        index covers the general information about the First Boer War 1880-1881.</font></p>
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33                <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The 
34                  First Boer War was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 
35                  1881 between the British Empire and Boers of the Transvaal (as 
36                  the South African Republic was known while under British administration). 
37                  The war resulted in a Boer victory and eventual independence 
38                  of the South African Republic. The war is also known as the 
39                  First Anglo&#8211;Boer War, the Transvaal War or the Transvaal 
40                  Rebellion. </font></p>
41                <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The 
42                  first clash was precipitated by Sir Theophilus Shepstone who 
43                  annexed the Transvaal (the South African Republic) for the British 
44                  in 1877 after the Anglo-Zulu War. The Boers protested and in 
45                  1880 revolted. The Boers dressed in earthtone khaki clothes, 
46                  whereas the British uniforms were bright red, a stark contrast 
47                  to the African landscape, which enabled the Boers to easily 
48                  snipe British troops from a distance. After a British force 
49                  under George Pomeroy-Collery was heavily defeated at the Battle 
50                  of Majuba Hill in February 1881 the British government of Gladstone 
51                  gave the Boers self-government in the Transvaal under a theoretical 
52                  British oversight. </font></p>
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