Enomoto Takeaki vs Louis Botha

Enomoto commanded the shogunate's remaining naval forces, including eight warships, and sailed to Hokkaido. This fleet formed the core of the Republic of Ezo's military and allowed the loyalists to establish a base.

After the shogunate's defeat, Enomoto led loyalist forces to Hokkaido and established the Republic of Ezo, an independent state with a Western-style government. He was elected president and organized a defense against imperial forces.

Enomoto's forces were defeated by the imperial army at the Battle of Hakodate. He surrendered the Republic of Ezo and was taken prisoner, ending the last organized resistance to the Meiji Restoration.

After being pardoned, Enomoto served as Japan's Minister of Foreign Affairs. He negotiated treaties with Western powers and worked to revise the unequal treaties imposed on Japan, contributing to Japan's diplomatic modernization.

Botha commanded Boer forces at the Battle of Colenso during the Second Boer War. His troops repelled a British attack under General Buller, inflicting heavy casualties and boosting Boer morale.

After the British captured Pretoria, Botha led Boer guerrilla forces in the Transvaal. He conducted hit-and-run attacks against British columns, prolonging the war and becoming a symbol of Afrikaner resistance.

Botha, as a leading Boer general, signed the Treaty of Vereeniging which ended the Second Boer War. The treaty granted the Boer republics self-government under British sovereignty and promised eventual self-rule.

Botha became the first Prime Minister of the newly formed Union of South Africa. He led a coalition government that sought to reconcile Afrikaners and English-speaking whites, while implementing segregationist policies.

Botha personally led government forces to suppress the Maritz Rebellion, an Afrikaner uprising against South Africa's entry into World War I. He defeated the rebels, asserting state authority and maintaining support for the British Empire.

Botha commanded South African forces in the invasion and conquest of German South West Africa. The campaign succeeded, and the territory was later administered by South Africa under a League of Nations mandate.