Paardeberg

Paardeberg

(pär`dəbərg, –bĕrk), historic location, Free State prov., South Africa. In Feb., 1900, during the South African WarSouth African War
or Boer War,
1899–1902, war of the South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State against Great Britain. Background
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, Gen. Piet Cronje and his Boer (Afrikaner) troops were forced to surrender to the British army at Paardeberg.