Battle of Schuinshoogte

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Battle of Schuinshoogte
Part of First Boer War
Monument erected to the memory of the fallen (British) at Schuin's Hooghte, Majuba
Date 8 February 1881 Location Ingogo, Natal Result Decisive Boer victory
Belligerents
South African Republic	United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Nicolaas Smit J D Weilbach	Maj-Gen. George Pomeroy Colley
Strength
300–500 infantry	240 infantry 38 cavalry 2 cannon
Casualties and losses
8 killed 10 wounded	69 killed 77 wounded

Battle of Schuinshoogte, also known as Battle of Ingogo, was fought north of Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, on 8 February 1881 during the First Boer War. General Sir George Pomeroy Colley's communications with Newcastle were under constant harassment by mounted Boer patrols under Commander J D Weilbach after the Battle of Laing's Nek (another British defeat) and as a result he planned to clear a path along the Newcastle-Mount Prospect road to better protect the British supply line, and receive fresh reinforcements he needed to bolster his ranks.