The Boer War

The Boer War was fought in southern Africa between British and Dutch settlers over who would have the right to oppress the locals. It was given its name in honour of Lord Baden-Powell who boered everyone to death with his constant accounts of his defence of Mafeking.

The Dutch attacked in 1899, besieging the towns of Ladyboy, Kimberley and Mikado but were soon being pushed back by British Imperial forces under Lord Kitchener, who had grown a new moustache for the occasion.

The Dutch retaliated by launching a gorilla war with gorillas imported from further north. The British launched a ruthless scorched earth policy, burning down the banana plantations to deny the gorillas food and rounding them up into 'concentration camps,' known as zoos.