Battle of Diamond Hill

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The Battle of Diamond Hill was a major engagement of the Second Boer War in June 1900 near Pretoria, where British forces under Lord Roberts clashed with Boer commandos in an effort to break their defensive positions.

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Generate an image of the Battle of Diamond Hill (The Battle of Diamond Hill was a major engagement of the Second Boer War in June 1900 near Pretoria, where British forces under Lord Roberts clashed with Boer commandos in an effort to break their defensive positions.)

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Battle of Diamond Hill canonical 10
Battle of Karee Siding 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Donkerhoek ⓘ
belligerent Boers ⓘ
linked to: Boer forces

British Empire ⓘ
Orange Free State ⓘ
South African Republic ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
BoerCasualties over 30 killed and wounded ⓘ
BritishCasualties approximately 160 killed and wounded ⓘ
century 20th century ⓘ
combatantStrength about 14,000 British troops ⓘ
about 6,000 Boer commandos ⓘ
commander Christiaan de Wet ⓘ
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ⓘ
Louis Botha ⓘ
commandersSide Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts – British Empire ⓘ
Louis Botha – Boer republics ⓘ
conflict Second Boer War ⓘ
country South African Republic ⓘ
date 11 June 1900 ⓘ
12 June 1900 ⓘ
endDate 1900-06-12 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Bergendal ⓘ
hasAftermath Boer forces continued resistance as mobile commandos ⓘ
historicalPeriod age of imperialism ⓘ
location South African Republic ⓘ
Transvaal ⓘ
near Pretoria ⓘ
notableFeature strong Boer defensive positions on high ground ⓘ
objective to dislodge Boer forces east of Pretoria ⓘ
to secure Pretoria against Boer counterattack ⓘ
outcome Boer forces withdrew ⓘ
partOf Second Boer War ⓘ
partOfCampaign British advance on Pretoria ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Pretoria ⓘ
region Gauteng region of modern South Africa ⓘ
linked to: Gauteng
result British victory ⓘ
significance helped secure British control of Pretoria ⓘ
marked continuation of Boer shift to guerrilla warfare ⓘ
startDate 1900-06-11 ⓘ
terrain rugged hills and ridges ⓘ
theatre South African theatre of the Second Boer War ⓘ
linked to: Second Boer War
usedArm artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
year 1900 ⓘ

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

Koos de la Rey → battle → Battle of Diamond Hill ⓘ
Koos de la Rey → notableBattle → Battle of Diamond Hill ⓘ
subject linked to: Boer general Koos de la Rey
Battle of Donkerhoek → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Diamond Hill ⓘ
Battle of Bergendal → precededBy → Battle of Diamond Hill ⓘ
Battle of Pretoria → precededBy → Battle of Diamond Hill ⓘ
British campaign in the Transvaal → hasPart → Battle of Diamond Hill ⓘ
Diamond Hill → notableEvent → Battle of Diamond Hill ⓘ
Donkerhoek ridge → notableEvent → Battle of Diamond Hill ⓘ
Slag van Belfast → precededBy → Battle of Diamond Hill ⓘ
British military campaign in the Orange Free State → significantBattle → Battle of Karee Siding ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Diamond Hill