Action at Bronkhorstspruit

When

20 Dec 1880

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

25.84° S, 28.74° E

Description

1880 battle of the First Boer War

1880 battle of the First Boer War

The Battle of Bronkhorstspruit was the first major engagement of the First Boer War. It took place by the Bronkhorstspruit river, near the town of Bronkhorstspruit, Transvaal, on 20 December 1880. Threatened by the growing numbers of militant Boers in the Pretoria region, the British recalled the 94th Regiment of Foot, which had several companies garrisoned in towns and villages across the wider area.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “First Boer War: The Battle of Bronkhorstspruit results in a Boer victory over the British”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début de la première Guerre des Boers avec l’attaque d'un convoi militaire britannique à Bronkhorstspruit (fin le 23 mars 1881)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• First Boer War20 Dec 1880 · War · Deaths 441