Battle of Magersfontein

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Magersfontein was a major engagement of the Second Boer War in December 1899, where Boer forces decisively repelled a British advance toward Kimberley.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Magersfontein canonical	16
Battle of Magersfontein drift operations (continued skirmishing)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Slag van Magersfontein ⓘ
artilleryUsedBy	British Army ⓘ
belligerent	British Empire ⓘ Orange Free State ⓘ South African Republic ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
campaign	Siege of Kimberley ⓘ surface form: Kimberley relief expedition
casualties	heavy British casualties ⓘ light Boer casualties ⓘ
commander	Koos de la Rey ⓘ Lord Methuen ⓘ Piet Cronjé ⓘ
conflict	Second Boer War ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
date	1899-12-11 ⓘ
endDate	1899-12-12 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Paardeberg ⓘ
geographicalFeature	Magersfontein kopje ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late 19th century ⓘ
location	Northern Cape ⓘ surface form: Northern Cape, South Africa near Magersfontein, Cape Colony ⓘ
notableConsequence	enhanced reputation of Boer commanders Koos de la Rey and Piet Cronjé ⓘ lowered British morale during Black Week ⓘ
notableUnit	Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders ⓘ Black Watch ⓘ Highland Brigade ⓘ Seaforth Highlanders ⓘ
objective	Siege of Kimberley ⓘ surface form: Relief of Kimberley
partOf	Black Week ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Belmont ⓘ Battle of Graspan ⓘ Battle of Modder River ⓘ
primaryOpposingForce	British infantry and artillery ⓘ
primaryWeaponry	Mauser rifles used by Boer forces ⓘ
result	Boer victory ⓘ British advance on Kimberley repelled ⓘ
significance	contributed to British reassessment of tactics in Second Boer War ⓘ demonstrated effectiveness of Boer trench tactics ⓘ
startDate	1899-12-11 ⓘ
strategicGoalOfBoers	defend approach to Kimberley ⓘ
strategicGoalOfBritish	break Boer defensive line south of Kimberley ⓘ
tacticalFeature	Boer trenches dug at foot of Magersfontein kopje ⓘ British night march and dawn attack ⓘ
tacticalOutcome	British assault failed to dislodge Boer positions ⓘ British infantry caught in close-range rifle fire ⓘ
theatre	Second Boer War ⓘ surface form: South African theatre of the Second Boer War

Referenced by (17)

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

Koos de la Rey → battle → Battle of Magersfontein ⓘ

Koos → notableBattle → Battle of Magersfontein ⓘ

subject surface form: Koos de la Rey

Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey → notableBattle → Battle of Magersfontein ⓘ

Boer forces → engagement → Battle of Magersfontein ⓘ

Jacobus → notableBattle → Battle of Magersfontein ⓘ

subject surface form: Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey

Boer general Koos de la Rey → notableBattle → Battle of Magersfontein ⓘ

subject surface form: Koos de la Rey

Black Week → hasPart → Battle of Magersfontein ⓘ

Lord Methuen → battle → Battle of Magersfontein ⓘ

Battle of Modder River → followedBy → Battle of Magersfontein ⓘ

Slag van Magersfontein → hasNameInEnglish → Battle of Magersfontein ⓘ

Slag van Magersfontein → followedBy → Battle of Magersfontein ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Magersfontein drift operations (continued skirmishing)

Slag van Magersfontein → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Magersfontein ⓘ

Magersfontein kopje → notableFor → Battle of Magersfontein ⓘ

Magersfontein kopje → battle → Battle of Magersfontein ⓘ

Battle of Colenso → precededBy → Battle of Magersfontein ⓘ

Battle of Paardeberg → precededBy → Battle of Magersfontein ⓘ

British forces in the Second Boer War → belligerentIn → Battle of Magersfontein ⓘ