Battle of Driefontein
| Battle of Driefontein | |||||||
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| Part of Second Boer War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United Kingdom |
South African Republic Orange Free State | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Lord Roberts Robert Broadwood Thomas Kelly-Kenny | Christiaan de Wet | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown |
~6,000 men 2 Vickers guns | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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82 killed 342 wounded |
102 killed 22 POW | ||||||
The Battle of Driefontein on 10 March 1900 followed on the Battle of Poplar Grove in the Second Boer War between the United Kingdom 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.