Battle of Driefontein (Q2888447)

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English Wikipedia categories: 1900 in South Africa, Battles involving the United Kingdom, Battles of the Second Boer War, Conflicts in 1900, March 1900 events

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Battle of Driefontein on 10 March 1900 followed on the Battle of Poplar Grove in the Second Boer War between the British Empire and the Boer republics, in what is now South Africa. In the first half of 1900, the British made an offensive towards the two Boer republic capitals of Bloemfontein and Pretoria.

Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Die Slag van Driefontein (ook bekend as die Slag van Abrahamskraal) op 10 Maart 1900 het direk gevolg op die Slag van Poplar Grove in die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog tussen die Britse Ryk en die Boererepublieke, in wat tans Suid-Afrika is. In die eerste helfte van 1900 het die Britte opgeruk na die twee hoofstede van die republieke, naamlik Bloemfontein en Pretoria.

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