| The British endured similar military embarrassment at the hands of Indians, Afghans, Zulus and Boers. |
| The war arose from rivalry between Britain's claim to be the paramount power in southern Africa and the desire of the Boers for autonomy. |
| A group of Griqua sold their lands in the Orange River Valley to Boers and migrated across the Drakensberg into land depopulated by the Zulus. |
| The truth is that in two hundred years the stiffest opposition the British faced in Africa were the Boers and the Afrika Korps. |
| The first major activity of the new federation was to send Australian troops to South Africa to fight the Boers. |
| In December 1880 the Boers rose in revolt, laying siege to isolated British garrisons. |
