Battle of Bergendal

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The Battle of Bergendal was a key engagement during the Second Boer War in 1900, marking one of the last set-piece battles between British forces and the South African Republic’s commandos before the conflict shifted fully to guerrilla warfare.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Battle of Belfast
Slag van Belfast
Slag van Bergendal
belligerent Orange Free State commandos
linked to: Boer commando

South African Republic
United Kingdom
campaign Roberts’s eastern Transvaal campaign
combatant Boer commandos
linked to: Boer forces

British Army
commander Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
Louis Botha
conflict Second Boer War
country South African Republic
date 1900-08-21
endDate 1900-08-27
followedBy guerrilla phase of the Second Boer War
hasCasualties Boer casualties
British casualties
hasParticipant Australian contingents
Canadian mounted troops
Free State commandos
Imperial Yeomanry
linked to: Yeomanry

New Zealand contingents
Transvaal commandos
linked to: Boer forces
historicalContext late phase of conventional operations in the Second Boer War
historicalPeriod 1900 in South Africa
involvedUnit Boer artillery units
British mounted infantry
isIn present-day South Africa
location Bergendal, near Belfast, Transvaal
near Belfast, Mpumalanga
notableFor British frontal assaults supported by artillery
use of entrenched Boer defensive positions on a rocky kopje
outcome British forces captured Boer positions at Bergendal
partOf Second Boer War
precededBy Battle of Diamond Hill
region Eastern Transvaal
linked to: Transvaal
result British victory
startDate 1900-08-21
strategicSignificance marked transition of the war to guerrilla warfare
one of the last set-piece battles of the Second Boer War
theatre Transvaal theatre of the Second Boer War
transitionedTo Boer guerrilla warfare
typeOfWarfare conventional warfare
year 1900

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Battle of Diamond Hill followedBy Battle of Bergendal