Koornspruit

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Koornspruit is a stream in the Free State province of South Africa that served as the site of the Second Boer War engagement known as the Battle of Sanna's Post.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Koorn Spruit 1
Koornspruit canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
stream ⓘ
associatedEventDate 31 March 1900 ⓘ
associatedWith Boer forces ⓘ
British forces ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
flowsThrough rural farmland area ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Koorn Spruit ⓘ
linked to: Koornspruit
hasAlternativeSpelling Korn Spruit ⓘ
hasEvent Battle of Sanna's Post ⓘ
hasFeature banks suitable for concealment ⓘ
ford ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance Second Boer War ⓘ
hasHydrologicalRole tributary in local drainage system ⓘ
hasMilitaryRole site of ambush of British convoy ⓘ
hasNearbyInfrastructure wagon road crossing ⓘ
hasTerrain river valley ⓘ
languageOfToponym Afrikaans ⓘ
locatedIn Free State province ⓘ
linked to: Free State

Orange Free State ⓘ
South African interior ⓘ
nearCity Bloemfontein ⓘ
partOfConflict Second Boer War ⓘ
partOfTheatre South African theatre of Second Boer War ⓘ
region Highveld ⓘ
strategicImportance control of approaches to Bloemfontein ⓘ
usedAsSiteOf Battle of Sanna's Post ⓘ
usedFor military ambush site ⓘ
watercourseType non-navigable stream ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Sanna's Post → near → Koornspruit ⓘ
Koornspruit → hasAlternativeName → Koorn Spruit ⓘ
linked to: Koornspruit