On the same day in 1900, the Boers were defeated by Lord Kitchener's men at the Battle of Paardenberg.

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Lord Kitchener, the British commander, systematically burned Boer farms, criss-crossed the country with barbed wire, and forced Boer women and children into concentration camps.

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Christie McHugh, 33, was hit by a car as she was involved in an apparent row with another driver outside the Lord Kitchener pub on Monday evening.

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Christie McHugh, 33, was hit by a car as she was involved in an apparent row with another driver outside the Lord Kitchener pub in Barnet on Monday.

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Next we turn north, floating past the fragrant botanical garden of Lord Kitchener's Island and the domed tomb of the Aga Khan, high on a sandbank to our left.

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