The Anglo-Boer War was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (South African Republic and Orange Free State) over Britain's ambitions to take over in Southern Africa.

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The first Boer War of 1880-1881 has also been named the Transvaal Rebellion, ... the Transvaal and the Orange Free State ... They reinstated the republic, ...

For the British they were the Boer Wars, for the Boers ... They established two independent republics - the Transvaal and the Orange Free State - as recognised by Great Britain at the Sand ...