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Battle of Rietfontein

Great Britain · Warfare / Boer War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1899Date range
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Chronological records

1899

George Stuart White24 October 1899

Rietfontein · Warfare / Boer War, 2nd

White attacks Boer positions at Rietfontein to protect Yule's withdrawing column from Dundee.

Names involved

George Stuart White

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