Battle of Witpoort
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battle-of-witpoort-169-17817357
title:
Battle of Witpoort
text:
The Battle of Witpoort was fought during the Second Anglo-Boer War. Major Frederick Henry Munn commanded the detachment of the Royal Irish Fusiliers at Witpoort which was attacked on 16 July 1900, his orders being to "hold his position at all costs". The Boers called on Major Munn to surrender, but, scornfully refusing, he held out from daybreak till 2 pm, when the Canadian forces mounted a counterattack and the Boers retired. The battle became famous because of the death of Harold Lothrop Borde
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
1900 battle of the Second Boer War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Witpoort
date created:
2012-12-21T13:31:28Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T20:51:33Z
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fields total:
13
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16