Battle of Bergendal

Battle of Bergendal
Part of the Second Boer War

Map of the battle of Bergendal: The final attack (Battles of the nineteenth century, 1901)
Date21–27 August 1900
Location25°44′4″S 30°5′36″E / 25.73444°S 30.09333°E / -25.73444; 30.09333 (Battle of Bergendal)
Result British victory
Belligerents

 United Kingdom

 South African Republic
Commanders and leaders
Lord Roberts
Redvers Buller
Louis Botha
Strength
19,000 men, 82 guns[1] 7,000 men, 20 guns[2]
Casualties and losses
385 78

The Battle of Berg-en-dal (also known as the Battle of Belfast[3] or Battle of Dalmanutha) took place in South Africa during the Second Anglo-Boer War.

The battle was the last set-piece battle of the war, although the war was still to last another two years. It was also the last time that the Boers' four 155 mm Creusot Long Tom guns were used in the same battle.

  1. ^ Pakenham, Thomas(2)The Boer War, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1979, p.455
  2. ^ Pakenham(2), supra, p.454.
  3. ^ "Jacson: Chapter III - Events Following The Siege Of Ladysmith, And The Advance North Under Sir Redvers Buller 1900". AngloBoerWar.com. Retrieved 9 September 2014.

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