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| 1899 | Battle of Colenso South Africa Botha, Louis |  |
| 15th Dec Colenso Africa Buller is forced to consider the surrender of Ladysmith |
| 15th Dec Colenso Africa Defeats Buller at the end of the British "black week" |
| Transvaal Africa Appointed Commander of the Trans vaal Army |
| 1899 | Declaration of War South Africa Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| 11th Oct The Boer republics declare war on the United Kingdom |
| 1899 | Siege of Ladysmith South Africa Botha, Louis | |
| 15th Dec Colenso Africa Buller is forced to consider the surrender of Ladysmith |
| 1900 | Battle of Bergendal South Africa Botha, Louis | |
| 27th Aug Bergendal Africa The Boer Army is defeated |
| 1st Sep Transvaal Africa Roberts formally proclaims the annexation of the Trans vaal |
| 1901 | Battle of Bakenlaagte South Africa Botha, Louis | |
| 20th Oct Bakenlaagte Africa Botha defeats a British force |
| 1901 | Commander South Africa Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| Commands the Republican forces in the Cape of Good Hope |
| Smuts serves as Kruger's eyes & ears, handling propaganda, logistics, communication with generals & diplomats |
| 1901 | Peace South Africa Botha, Louis | |
| 2nd Middelburg Africa Kitchener on his own initiative opens peace negotiations with Botha |
| 1901 | Peace South Africa Botha, Annie | |
| 2nd Middelburg Africa Ktchener uses Annie Botha as an intemediary for peace negotiations with Louis Botha |
| 1901 | Peace South Africa Botha, Louis | |
| 3rd Middelburg Africa The Boers reject the British peace terms |
| 1901 | Siege of Cape Good Hope South Africa Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| Cape Good Hope Africa Hopes to raise a rebellion against the British & disrupt their lines of communication |
| Cape Good Hope Africa Leads a failed Boer raid on the Cape of Good Hope |
| 1902 | Conference of Pretoria South Africa Botha, Louis | |
| 28th May Pretoria Africa Peace negotiations open at Pretoria |
| 15th May Vereeniging Africa The 60 representitives of the burghers report how desperate conditions are |
| 16th May Vereeniging Africa Botha decides to decare peace while the Free Staters are still a nation |
| 1902 | Conference of Vereeniging South Africa Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| Kroonstad Africa Before the Conference, Smuts met Lord Kitchener at Kroonstad station where they discussed the proposed terms of surrender |
| Vereeniging Africa Joins Botha in negotiating a peace with Kitchener |
| Vereeniging Africa Leading role in the negotiations between the representatives from commandos from the Orange Free State & the SouthAfrican Republics |
| Vereeniging Africa The Conference vots 54 to 6 in favour of peace |
| 31st May Vereeniging Africa Representatives of the Governments meet Lord Kitchener and at 5 minutes past 11 on May 31st 1902 Acting President Burger signs the Peace Treaty |
| 1902 | Treaty of Vereeniging South Africa Botha, Louis | |
| 31st May Vereeniging Africa The Boer burghers decide to relinquish their independence declaration |
| 31st May Vereeniging Africa The Boers accept British sovereignty over Sth Africa |
| 31st May Vereeniging Africa The British agree to pay œ3 million for rebuilding Boer farms |
| 31st May Vereeniging Africa The treaty of Vereeniging ends the Boer War |
