Which war did Burnham and Baden-Powell become friends?
First Boer war
Second Matabele War
Zulu War
Second Boer War
Answer
The Second Matabele War (1896-1897) was a conflict fought in present-day Zimbabwe between the British South Africa Company and the Matabele people. During this war, Frederick Russell Burnham, an American scout and adventurer, and Robert Baden-Powell, a British military officer and founder of the Scout movement, developed a friendship that would last a lifetime.
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