Battle of Stormberg

Battle of Stormberg
	Part of Second Boer War
	; Northumberland Fusiliers in action against the Boers.;
Date	10 December 1899
Location	Stormberg, Cape Colony, South Africa31°17′53″S 26°15′17″E / 31.29806°S 26.25472°E
Result	Boer victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Orange Free State
Commanders and leaders
William Forbes Gatacre	Jan Hendrik Olivier
Strength
1,800 infantry; 250 mounted troops; 12 guns	2,300 men; 3 guns
Casualties and losses
26 killed; 68 wounded; 696 captured	8 killed; 26 wounded

The Battle of Stormberg was the first British defeat of Black Week, in which three successive British forces were defeated by Boer irregulars in the Second Boer War.

^ ^a ^b Conan Doyle, Ch. 10
^ Kruger, p.123

[ConanDoyleX-1] Conan Doyle, Ch. 10

[2] Kruger, p.123

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