Battle of Belmont (1899)

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Battle of Belmont
Part of Second Boer War
Date 23 November 1899 Location Belmont, Orange Free State Result British victory
Belligerents
Great Britain	Transvaal Republic Orange Free State
Commanders
Lord Methuen	J. Prinsloo
Strength
8,000	2,000
Casualties and losses
397	100

v • d • e Second Boer War Talana Hill – Elandslaagte – Belmont – Modder River – Stormberg – Magersfontein – Colenso – Spion Kop – Kimberley – Bloody Sunday – Paardeberg – Ladysmith – Sanna's Post – Mafeking – Rooiwal

The Battle of Belmont is the name of an engagement of the Second Boer War in the town of Belmont, 23 November 1899, where the British under Lord Methuen assaulted a Boer position on a near by hill, the Boers under Commander J. Prinsloo fled along the train line to the next station at Graspan

[edit] References

• British Battle.com

[edit] See also

• Military history of South Africa

Coordinates: 30°1′0″S, 26°58′0″E