Battle of Belmont (1899)
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| Battle of Belmont | |||||||
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| Part of Second Boer War | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| Great Britain | Boers | ||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| Lord Methuen | J. Prinsloo | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 8,000 | 2,000 | ||||||
| Casualties | |||||||
| 200 casualties | Unknown | ||||||
| Second Boer War |
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| Talana Hill – Elandslaagte – Belmont – Modder River – Stormberg – Magersfontein – Colenso – Spion Kop – Bloody Sunday – Paardeberg – Ladysmith – Sanna's Post – Mafeking |
The Battle of Belmont is the name of an engagement of the Boer War in the town of Belmont, 23 November 1899, where the British under Lord Methuen assaulted a Boer position on a near by hill, the Boers under Commander J. Prinsloo fled along the train line to the next station at Graspan
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