What the records say
- When
- 11 Jul 1900
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 25.70° S, 27.90° E
- Description
- battle between Boer Republics and the British Empire at Silkaatsnek, Transvaal, 11 July 1900
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Silkaatsnek
Battle of the Second Boer War
The Battle of Silkaatsnek was a military engagement in the Anglo-Boer War on July 11, 1900, at the Silkaatsnek mountain pass, between Pretoria and Rustenburg. Boer guerrillas under assistant-commander general Koos de la Rey surprised British troops, using a new guerrilla tactic instead of fighting a set-piece battle. On the same day of July 11, 1900, the British also suffered two similar reversals, at Battle of Dwars…
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