Battle of Ysterspruit

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The Battle of Ysterspruit was a Second Boer War engagement in 1902 in which Boer forces under General Koos de la Rey ambushed and defeated a British column in the western Transvaal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Battle of Ysterspruit (Tweebosch area) NERFINISHED
armedForce Boer mounted riflemen
British mounted troops
belligerent Boer forces
British Empire
captured Lord Methuen NERFINISHED
combatant Boer commandos NERFINISHED
British column
commander Koos de la Rey NERFINISHED
Lord Methuen NERFINISHED
conflict Second Boer War
conflictType colonial war engagement
countryAtTime South African Republic NERFINISHED
date 1902-02-25
followedBy later guerrilla actions in Western Transvaal
historicalPeriod early 20th century
location Transvaal Colony NERFINISHED
Western Transvaal NERFINISHED
notableFor capture of a British general
successful Boer ambush of British column
partOf Second Boer War NERFINISHED
guerrilla phase of the Second Boer War
precededBy Battle of Tweebosch NERFINISHED
region North West Province (modern South Africa) NERFINISHED
result Boer victory
tactic ambush
theatre Western Transvaal campaign NERFINISHED
wounded Lord Methuen NERFINISHED
year 1902

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Boer general Koos de la Rey notableBattle Battle of Ysterspruit
subject surface form: Koos de la Rey
Western Transvaal campaign notableEvent Battle of Ysterspruit