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Battle of Talana Hill

Name: Battle of Talana Hill – Great Britain factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

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

5Records

1899Date range

3Named people

3Places

Chronological records

1899

Redvers Henry Buller15 May 1899

Dundee · Warfare / Boer War, 2nd

Buller drives away the Boers from Dundee

Redvers Henry Buller15 May 1899

Glencoe · Warfare / Boer War, 2nd

Buller drives away the Boers from Glencoe

William Penn Symons20 October 1899

Talana Hill · Warfare / Boer War, 2nd

Symons leads the British attack at Talana Hill and is mortally wounded during the fighting.

George Stuart White20 October 1899

Talana Hill · Warfare / Boer War, 2nd

Forced back by a Boer force led by Transvaal General Joubert

George Stuart White20 October 1899

Talana Hill · Warfare / Boer War, 2nd

British forces win tactically but withdraw toward Ladysmith.

Names involved

George Stuart WhiteRedvers Henry BullerWilliam Penn Symons

Provenance

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