Battle of Rooihuiskraal

Battle of Rooihuiskraal
Part of the First Boer War

Rooihuiskraal Battlefield Memorial
Date12 February 1881
Location
Rooihuiskraal, South Africa
25°53′56″S 28°09′18″E / 25.89889°S 28.15500°E / -25.89889; 28.15500 (Battle of Rooihuiskraal)
Result Boer victory
Belligerents
 South African Republic  United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
D.J. Erasmus Jr Lt-Col George Frederick Gildea  (WIA)
Strength
Unknown Pretoria Garrison
Casualties and losses
Unknown 1 killed and 15 wounded
Location within South Africa

The Battle of Rooihuiskraal on 12 February 1881 was a military engagement during the First Boer War which took place at Rooihuiskraal just south of Pretoria.

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