Battle of Groenkop

Battle of Groenkop
Part of the Second Boer War
Date 25 December 1901 Location Groenkop, Orange Free State 28°14′11″S 28°39′28″E / 28.23639°S 28.65778°E / -28.23639; 28.65778 (Battle of Groenkop) Result Boer victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Orange Free State
Commanders and leaders
Major Williams	Christiaan de Wet
Strength
550 (mostly 11th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry)	600
Casualties and losses
68 killed 77 wounded 206 captured	11 killed 30 wounded

In the Battle of Groenkop (Battle of Tweefontein) on 25 December 1901, Head Commandant Christiaan de Wet's Boer commando surprised and defeated a force of Imperial Yeomanry under the command of Major Williams.