What the records say
- When
- 27 Dec 1880 – 30 Mar 1881
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 25.67° S, 27.23° E
- Description
- 1880 siege
Siege of Rustenburg
The siege of Rustenburg was a siege that took place between 1880 and 1881 during the First Boer War. Boer forces of the South African Republic carried out the siege on Rustenburg, a British-controlled city inside of the Transvaal Colony, and captured it after three months.
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