Battle of Graspan

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Graspan was a Second Boer War engagement in November 1899 in which British forces attacked well-entrenched Boer positions near Belmont in the Cape Colony.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Graspan canonical 4
Battle of Enslin 1
Battle of Graspan (1899) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Graspan ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Enslin
armedForceInvolved Boer commando ⓘ
surface form: Boer commandos

British Army ⓘ
Royal Naval Division ⓘ
surface form: Royal Navy Naval Brigade
artilleryUsedBy Boer forces ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
belligerent Boer republics ⓘ
Orange Free State ⓘ
South African Republic ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
campaign Kimberley relief operations ⓘ
casualtiesBoer significantly lower than British casualties ⓘ
casualtiesBritish over 200 killed and wounded ⓘ
combatantStrengthBoer approximately 2,000 burghers ⓘ
combatantStrengthBritish approximately 8,500 troops ⓘ
commander Lord Methuen ⓘ
Piet Cronjé ⓘ
commemoratedBy Royal Marines memorials ⓘ
conflict Second Boer War ⓘ
countryAtTime Cape Colony ⓘ
date 25 November 1899 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Modder River ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
involvedUnit Coldstream Guards ⓘ
Grenadier Guards ⓘ
Naval Brigade ⓘ
Northumberland Fusiliers ⓘ
Royal Marines ⓘ
Scots Guards ⓘ
The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry ⓘ
surface form: Yorkshire Light Infantry
location Cape Colony ⓘ
near Belmont, Cape Colony ⓘ
month November 1899 ⓘ
notableFor close-range infantry assault on Boer positions ⓘ
heavy casualties among Royal Marines ⓘ
objective dislodge Boer forces from positions near Graspan and Enslin ⓘ
partOf British campaign to relieve Kimberley ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Belmont ⓘ
presentDayLocation Northern Cape ⓘ
surface form: Northern Cape, South Africa
result British victory ⓘ
strategicOutcome enabled continued British advance toward the Modder River ⓘ
tactic frontal assault on entrenched positions ⓘ
terrain open veld ⓘ
rocky kopjes ⓘ
theatre Cape Colony theatre of the Second Boer War ⓘ
year 1899 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Magersfontein → precededBy → Battle of Graspan ⓘ
Battle of Graspan → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Graspan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Enslin
Battle of Belmont → followedBy → Battle of Graspan ⓘ
Lord Methuen → battle → Battle of Graspan ⓘ
Battle of Modder River → precededBy → Battle of Graspan ⓘ
Slag van Magersfontein → precededBy → Battle of Graspan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Graspan (1899)