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was laid out as an administrative centre. By 8 April 1885, Sir Charles Warren sent a dispatch to notify the British Government that he had occupied Bechuanaland and had entirely restored order. The two Boer republics had collapsed without any bloodshed.
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as Special Commissioner of Bechuanaland. On 13 November 1884, Parliament voted a sum of £675,000 (this is equivalent to over £32 million today) for military operations in Bechuanaland. Sir Charles Warren was authorised to recruit an
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on 16 November 1895. British Bechuanaland had an area of 51,424 square miles (133,190 km) and a population of 84,210. Today the region forms part of
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Claimed in 1908; territory formed 1962; overlaps portions of Argentine and Chilean claims, borders not enforced but claim not renounced under the
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A map showing political boundaries in Southern Africa in the late 19th century including British Bechuanaland ("Crown Colony") and the larger
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of the United Kingdom that existed in southern Africa from its formation on 30 September 1885 until its annexation to the neighbouring
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A force of 4,000 troops, under Sir Charles Warren, set off to recapture Stellaland and Goshen. On 7 February 1885 the force reached
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This article is about the 1885–95 British Crown colony. For the protectorate which became independent Botswana in 1966, see
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An 1885 map showing the Bechuanaland Protectorate prior to the creation of the Crown colony of British Bechuanaland and the
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rivers (excluding Griqualand West) were constituted as the Crown Colony of British Bechuanaland. In 1891, the
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On 30 September 1885, Stellaland, Goshen and other territories to the south of the
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of 1,500 in South Africa in addition to the regular troops that would be provided.
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was extended to British Bechuanaland, and, in 1895, the colony was annexed to the
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In 1882, the Tswana country suffered two secessions by the
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