Battle of Willow Grange
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| Battle of Willow Grange | |||||||
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| Part of the Second Boer War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Kingdom |
 South African Republic (Transvaal) | ||||||
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Walter Kitchener |
Piet Joubert | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 115 killed, 49 wounded | 2 killed, 2 wounded | ||||||
The Battle of Willow Grange is a battle held on 23 November 1899 took place at Willow Grange, south of Estcourt. Here the Boer Forces under the leadership of General Piet Joubert won a victory over the British Forces. The battle was fought in bad weather; the lightning killed one Citizen and knocked two others unconscious and also killed six horses. One British soldier was also struck by lightning.[1][2][3][4]
Casualties
[edit]The British Force lost 115 soldiers and 49 were wounded, while the Boer Force had two soldiers killed and two wounded.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Grobler, Jackie (2004). The War Reporter: The Anglo-Boer War Through the Eyes of the Burghers. Jonathan Ball. ISBN 978-1-86842-186-2.
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