What the records say
- When
- 29 May 1900
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 28.32° S, 27.60° E
- Description
- 1900 battle
Battle of Biddulphsberg
Skirmish during the Second Boer War
The Battle of Biddulphsberg was an engagement of the Second Boer War on May 29, 1900, and was part of the Advance on Pretoria. Troops of the 8th Division were stationed in the Southern regions of the Orange Free State in order to cover Lord Roberts' advance on Transvaal, and to prevent the Orange Free State from falling back under Boer control.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire des Boers à la bataille de Biddulphsberg”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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