What the records say
- When
- 4 Aug 1900 – 16 Aug 1900
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 25.65° S, 26.71° E
- Description
- 1900 battle of the Second Boer War
Battle of Elands River (1900)
Battle of the Second Boer War
The Battle of Elands River was an engagement of the Second Boer War that took place between 4 and 16 August 1900 in western Transvaal. The battle was fought at Brakfontein Drift near the Elands River between a force of 2,000 to 3,000 Boers and a garrison of 500 Australian, Rhodesian, Canadian and British soldiers, which was stationed there to protect a British supply dump that had been established on the route betwee…
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