20 October 1901
Battle of Bakenlaagte
Botha defeats a British force
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Bakenlaagte in South Africa. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Botha defeats a British force
Brits participates in the coordinated Boer assault that overwhelms part of Benson's column at Bakenlaagte.
Opperman takes part in Botha's attack at Bakenlaagte and is killed during the Boer victory.
Grobler commands Boer fighters in the attack on Benson's rearguard at Bakenlaagte.
Defeats a British column at Bakenlaagte.
Defeats a British force at Bakenlaagte.
Viljoen leads one of the Boer groups involved in the successful attack on the British rearguard at Bakenlaagte.
Achieves a major late-war tactical success in eastern Transvaal.
Provenance
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