What the records say
- When
- 26 Sep 1914
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 28.68° S, 18.52° E
- Location
- Sandfontein, German South West Africa
- Outcome
- German victory
- Belligerents
- South Africa vs Germany, German Southwest Africa
Battle of Sandfontein
1914 engagement of World War I
The Battle of Sandfontein was fought between the Union Defence Force of South Africa and the German Empire on 26 September 1914 at Sandfontein, during the first stage of the South West Africa Campaign of World War I. It ended in a German victory.
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- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In Deutsch-Südwestafrika kommt es zwischen der deutschen Schutztruppe und einer britisch-südafrikanischen Armee zur Schlacht bei Sandfontein”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire allemande sur les Britanniques à la bataille de Sandfontein, en Namibie”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page