History A-Level
Boers
What Boers means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Boers
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Highly mobile forces in southern Africa against whom the British army suffered from outdated tactics, poor leadership and disease.
Topics that use Boers
- Paper 3, Option 35.2: The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918 - 3 The second Boer War, 1899–1902 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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