Battle of Modder River
The Battle of Modder River (known in Afrikaans as Slag van die Twee Riviere, which translates as "Battle of the two rivers") was an engagement in the Boer War, fought at Modder River, on 28 November 1899. A British column under Lord Methuen, that was attempting to relieve the besieged town of Kimberley, forced Boers under General Piet Cronje to retreat to Magersfontein, but suffered heavy casualties themselves.
Wikipage disambiguates
Wikipage redirect
seeAlso
primaryTopic
Battle of Modder River
The Battle of Modder River (known in Afrikaans as Slag van die Twee Riviere, which translates as "Battle of the two rivers") was an engagement in the Boer War, fought at Modder River, on 28 November 1899. A British column under Lord Methuen, that was attempting to relieve the besieged town of Kimberley, forced Boers under General Piet Cronje to retreat to Magersfontein, but suffered heavy casualties themselves.
has abstract
Die Schlacht von Modder River ...... The Times vom 2. Januar 1900.
@de
La bataille de Modder River (e ...... il souffrit de lourdes pertes.
@fr
The Battle of Modder River (kn ...... d heavy casualties themselves.
@en
causalties
72 killed, 372 wounded, 7 missing
date
1899-11-28
is part of military conflict
place of military conflict
result
British victory
strength
8,000 men, 20 guns
9,000 men, 6 guns, 1 pom pom
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Wikipage page ID
Wikipage revision ID
692,522,478
background
Caption
Battle of Modder River
casualties
label
subject
hypernym
point
-29.039166666666667 24.62638888888889
comment
Die Schlacht von Modder River ...... The Times vom 2. Januar 1900.
@de
La bataille de Modder River (e ...... il souffrit de lourdes pertes.
@fr
The Battle of Modder River (kn ...... d heavy casualties themselves.
@en
label
Bataille de Modder River
@fr
Battle of Modder River
@en
Schlacht von Modder River
@de
lat
-2.9039166666666665e+1
long
2.462638888888889e+1
wasDerivedFrom
depiction
isPrimaryTopicOf
name
Battle of Modder River
@en