What the records say
- When
- 10 Mar 1900
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 28.99° S, 25.66° E
- Description
- 1900 battle of Second Boer War
Battle of Driefontein
1900 battle of Second Boer War
The Battle of Driefontein on 10 March 1900 followed on the Battle of Poplar Grove in the Second Boer War between the United Kingdom and the Boer republics, in what is now South Africa. In the first half of 1900, the British made an offensive towards the two Boer republic capitals of Bloemfontein and Pretoria.
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