Categories: ‪Battle stubs‬ | ‪Boer War battles‬ The Second Boer War, also known as the South African War, was fought from October 11, 1899 until May 31, 1902. ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Colenso is a town in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. ... Boer is the Afrikaans (and Dutch) word for farmer which came to denote the descendents of the Afrikaans speaking migrating farmers of the expanding eastern Cape frontier. ... Sir Redvers Henry Buller (VC, GCB, GCMG) (7 December 1839-2 June 1908) was a British general and Victoria Cross holder. ... Louis Botha Louis Botha (September 17, 1862-August 27, 1919) was an Afrikaner and first Prime Minister of the modern South African state, then called the Union of South Africa. ...