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Night Attack on Boer Positions

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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1899

Charles FitzClarence27 October 1899

Mafeking · Warfare / Boer War, 2nd

FitzClarence leads a night attack against Boer positions outside Mafeking and drives the action at close range.

Names involved

Charles FitzClarence

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