Английская Википедия:Battle of Driefontein

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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.Шаблон:Citation needed

Battle

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Original lithograph caption: A Gallant Feat. Private Martin Hanlon, C.I.V., getting water for the wounded during a fight near Bloemfontein. His horse was shot under him, and he had to make his way back - a distance of eight miles - on foot. From Forbes and Atteridge: Battles of the Nineteenth Century, 1901. C.I.V. means City of London Imperial Volunteers.

The Boer forces under the command of Christiaan de Wet were holding a Шаблон:Convert line covering the approach to Bloemfontein. Lord Roberts subsequently ordered a division under Lieutenant General Thomas Kelly-Kenny to attack the position from the front, while Lieutenant General Charles Tucker's division moved against its left flank.[1] The Boers were subsequently forced to withdraw losing 124 men killed and captured, while the British lost 82 killed and 342 wounded.[2][3][4]

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