11 April 1902
Battle of Rooiwal
Rawlinson commands one of the British columns participating in the western Transvaal operations around Rooiwal.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Rooiwal in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Rawlinson commands one of the British columns participating in the western Transvaal operations around Rooiwal.
Hamilton coordinates the wider British operations that bring Kemp's commandos against the prepared position at Rooiwal.
Kekewich's entrenched force defeats a mounted Boer attack at Rooiwal in one of the war's final major battles.
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