Majuba Hill

When

27 Feb 1881

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

27.46° S, 29.86° E

Description

1881 final battle of the First Boer War

1881 final battle of the First Boer War

The Battle of Majuba Hill on 27 February 1881 was the final and decisive battle of the First Boer War that was a resounding victory for the Boers. The British Major General Sir George Pomeroy Colley occupied the summit of the hill on the night of 26–27 February 1881.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “First Boer War: British forces defeated at the Battle of Majuba Hill”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht am Majuba Hill entscheidet den Ersten Burenkrieg zugunsten der Buren”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les Boers défont l’armée britannique à la bataille de Majuba Hill”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• First Boer War20 Dec 1880 · War · Deaths 441