Battle of Silkaatsnek

Wann

11. Juli 1900

Art

Schlacht

Koordinaten

25.70° S, 27.90° E

Description

battle between Boer Republics and the British Empire at Silkaatsnek, Transvaal, 11 July 1900

Im Gebiet platziert, nicht an einem genauen Ort.

Battle of the Second Boer War

The Battle of Silkaatsnek was a military engagement in the Anglo-Boer War on July 11, 1900, at the Silkaatsnek mountain pass, between Pretoria and Rustenburg. Boer guerrillas under assistant-commander general Koos de la Rey surprised British troops, using a new guerrilla tactic instead of fighting a set-piece battle. On the same day of July 11, 1900, the British also suffered two similar reversals, at Battle of Dwars…

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