Battle of Elands River (1900)
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battle-of-elands-river-1900-169-15558461
title:
Battle of Elands River (1900)
text:
The Battle of Elands River was an engagement of the Second Boer War that took place between 4 and 16 August 1900 in western Transvaal. The battle was fought at Brakfontein Drift near the Elands River between a force of 2,000 to 3,000 Boers and a garrison of 500 Australian, Rhodesian, Canadian and British soldiers, which was stationed there to protect a British supply dump that had been established along the route between Mafeking and Pretoria. The Boer force, which consisted of several commandos
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Battle of the Second Boer War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Elands_River_(1900)
date created:
2012-01-06T11:58:14Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T20:51:38Z
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