What the records say
- When
- 7 Mar 1902
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 26.55° S, 25.00° E
- Description
- 1902 battle of the Second Boer War
Battle of Tweebosch
1902 battle of the Second Boer War
In the Battle of Tweebosch or De Klipdrift on 7 March 1902, a Boer commando led by Koos de la Rey defeated a British column under the command of Lieutenant General Lord Methuen during the final months of the Second Boer War.
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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 Tweebosch – South African Boers win their last battle over the British Army, with the capture of a British general and 200 of his men”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire boer à la bataille de Tweebosch”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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