Battle of Diamond Hill

Battle of Diamond Hill
Part of Second Boer War
The Charge of the City of London Imperial Volunteers ('CIVs') and Coldstreams at the Battle of Diamond Hill, after a drawing by William Barnes Wollen
Date 11–12 June 1900 Location Diamond Hill, near Pretoria, Transvaal 25°47′S 28°28′E / 25.783°S 28.467°E / -25.783; 28.467 (Battle of Diamond Hill) Result British victory
Belligerents
British Empire  United Kingdom  Canada  Queensland  Victoria  Western Australia  South Australia  Tasmania  New South Wales	South African Republic  Orange Free State
Commanders and leaders
Lord Roberts John French Ian Hamilton Reginald Pole-Carew	Louis Botha Koos de la Rey
Strength
20,000 men and 83 guns[1]	up to 6,000 men and 30 guns[1]
Casualties and losses
28 killed and 145 wounded[1]	about 30 killed and wounded Several captured[1]

The Battle of Diamond Hill (Donkerhoek) (Afrikaans: Slag van Donkerhoek) was an engagement of the Second Boer War that took place on 11 and 12 June 1900 in central Transvaal.