Battle of Dwarsvlei
| Battle of Dwarsvlei / Action at Onrust | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
| Horace Smith-Dorrien | Sarel Oosthuizen | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1,335, a Colt Gun, two Guns of the 78th Battery, three Ambulances and forty Wagons | 150 | ||||||
The Battle of Dwarsvlei (Afrikaans: Slag van Dwarsvlei, Action at Onrust) in the Second Boer War (1899–1902) was fought by Boer and British forces on 11 July 1900 in the district of Krugersdorp, South African Republic. The action at Dwarsvlei was part of Koos de la Rey's new guerrilla strategy and coincided with the battles at Silkaatsnek and Onderstepoort on the same day of July 11, 1900.