Louis Botha20 October 1901
Botha defeats a British force
South Africa · Warfare / Boer War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Botha defeats a British force
Defeats a British column at Bakenlaagte.
Defeats a British force at Bakenlaagte.
Brits participates in the coordinated Boer assault that overwhelms part of Benson's column at Bakenlaagte.
Grobler commands Boer fighters in the attack on Benson's rearguard at Bakenlaagte.
Opperman takes part in Botha's attack at Bakenlaagte and is killed during the Boer victory.
Viljoen leads one of the Boer groups involved in the successful attack on the British rearguard at Bakenlaagte.
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