Battle of Kraaipan
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battle-of-kraaipan-170-4773432
title:
Battle of Kraaipan
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The Battle of Kraaipan was the first engagement of the Second Anglo-Boer War, fought at Kraaipan, South Africa on 12 October 1899. On the 11 October 1899 President Paul Kruger of the South African Republic in alliance with the Orange Free State declared war on the British. That night 800 men of the Potchefstroom and Lichtenburg commandos under General Koos de la Rey attacked and captured the British garrison and railway siding at Kraaipan between Vryburg and Mafeking, some 60 kilometres (37 mi)
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description:
1899 battle of the Second Boer War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kraaipan
date created:
2009-06-05T21:42:27Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T20:42:45Z
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