Battle of Chieveley
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battle-of-chieveley-214-2868038
title:
Battle of Chieveley
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The Battle of Chievely took place on 15 November 1899, and was an ambush on a British armored train travelling from Estcourt to Colenso in a reconnaissance mission. Boer forces under the command of Louis Botha, which comprised primarily the Italian Volunteer Legion, ambushed the armored train, and derailed it, taking most of the British soldiers prisoner. Commanding the British forces on the armored train was Colonel Charles James Long, who had received reports a day earlier about Boers in the a
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2024-09-12T12:32:39Z
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2024-09-12T14:37:30Z
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