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Battle of Laings Nek

Name: Battle of Laings Nek – Great Britain factsheet records
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Great Britain · Warfare / Boer War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1881Date range

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1881

George Pomeroy Colley28 January 1881

Laings Nek · Warfare / Boer War, 1st

Fails to break through Boer positions at Laings Nek.

Names involved

George Pomeroy Colley

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