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Khoisan Wars. Khoisan is the collective name for the South African people known as Hottentots and Bushmen....The KhoiKhoi Wars. 1st Khoikhoi War (1659–1660)..
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The battle (also known as the Battle of Enslin) fought on 25th November 1899 in the Great Boer War by Lord Methuen, leading to the British advance to the disastrous battles of Modder River and Magersfontein
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