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1. In the boer war there was a united army but still this were the factions:
- Zuid Afrikaanse Republiek but better known as: Transvaalse Republiek
- Oranje Vrijstaat
Those names are in Dutch, in 1900 Afrikaans wasnt a language itself, so it had to be Dutch.
Source: Mijn herrineringen van de Anglo-Boer Oorlog, from Ben Viljoen.
2.Bayonets were rarely used, very rarely.
3. The Boers were not Dutch settlers, they mostly originated from them.
Source: Mijn herrineringen van de Anglo-Boer Oorlog, from Ben Viljoen.