What the records say
- When
- 11 Dec 1899
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 28.97° S, 24.70° E
- Description
- 1899 battle of the Second Boer War
Battle of Magersfontein
1899 battle of the Second Boer War
The Battle of Magersfontein was fought on 11 December 1899, at Magersfontein, near Kimberley, South Africa, on the borders of the Cape Colony and the independent republic of the Orange Free State. British forces under Lieutenant General Lord Methuen were advancing north along the railway line from the Cape to relieve the siege of Kimberley, but their path was blocked at Magersfontein by a Boer force that was entrench…
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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 “Second Boer War: Battle of Magersfontein – Boers defeat British forces trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Magersfontein erleiden die Briten die zweite Niederlage”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Сражение у Магерсфонтейна в ходе Второй англо-бурской войны закончилось поражением британцев”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page