Battle of Elands River
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The Battle of Elands River was an engagement of the Second Boer War that took place between 4 and 16 August 1900 in western Transvaal. The battle was fought at Brakfontein Drift near the Elands River between a force of 2,000 to 3,000 Boers and a garrison of 500 Australian, Rhodesian, Canadian and British soldiers, which was stationed there to protect a British supply dump that had been established along the route between Mafeking and Pretoria. The Boer force, which consisted of several commandos under the overall leadership of Koos de la Rey, was in desperate need of provisions after earlier fighting had cut it off from its support base. As a result, it was decided to attack the garrison along the Elands River in an effort to capture the supplies located there.
1900
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Siege of Elands River
British Empire, South African Republic, 
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Location: -25.6494, 26.7067, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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StateLibQld 2 93988 Major Walter Howard Tunbridge, March 1900
StateLibQld 2 78791 Major C. W. Kellie who served in South Africa during the Boer War, 1900
AWM A05317 3rd New South Wales Bushmen Elands River 1901
StateLibQld 2 70671 Contingent of soldiers who have returned home from the front, Queensland. 1901
AWM A05312 Graves of Australians killed at Elands River 1900
AWM A05318 Sangars at Elands River| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | 1900 | Battle of Elands River | British Empire, South African Republic, battle | Wikidata |
| commons | image | StateLibQld 2 93988 Major Walter Howard Tunbridge, March 1900 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | StateLibQld 2 78791 Major C. W. Kellie who served in South Africa during the Boer War, 1900 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | AWM A05317 3rd New South Wales Bushmen Elands River 1901 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | StateLibQld 2 70671 Contingent of soldiers who have returned home from the front, Queensland. 1901 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | AWM A05312 Graves of Australians killed at Elands River 1900 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | AWM A05318 Sangars at Elands River | Commons | ||
