'Map Showing the Lines of Advance from Bloemfontein to Pretoria', 1901. On 13 March 1900 the British army occupied Bloemfontein and occupied Pretoria on 5 June 1900. After Bloemfontein and Pretoria had fallen to Britain, many Boers laid down their arms demoralized. From "South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. V", by Louis Creswicke. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1901]