What the records say
- When
- 25 Nov 1899
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 2
- Coordinates
- 24.64° S, 26.40° E
- Description
- massacre in the Second Boer War
Derdepoort massacre
Massacre in the Second Boer War
The Derdepoort massacre occurred on 25 November 1899 at Derdepoort, situated on the South African Republic's border with the British Bechuanaland Protectorate. Some of the Bechuanaland Kgatla, under their chief Lentshwe and in alliance with the British under Colonel G. L. Holdsworth, attacked a Boer laager. Two women were killed, and 17 women and children taken captive.
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