Battle of Bothaville

Battle of Bothaville
Part of Second Boer War

Plan of the battle of Bothaville (Battles of the nineteenth century, 1901)
Date6 November 1900
Location
Bothaville, South Africa
27°23′S 26°37′E / 27.383°S 26.617°E / -27.383; 26.617 (Battle of Bothaville)
Result British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom Orange Free State
Commanders and leaders
Lt-Col. P. W. J. Le Gallais  † Christiaan de Wet
Strength
600, considerably reinforced after 4 hours 800
Casualties and losses
38 killed or wounded 25 killed, 30 wounded, 114 men, 6 field guns & 1 pom pom captured

The Battle of Bothaville (Doornkraal) on 6 November 1900 was a rare defeat of Christiaan de Wet's Boer commando at the hands of a force of British Mounted Infantry (MI).

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