Battle of Witpoort

The Battle of Witpoort was fought during the Second Anglo-Boer War. Major Frederick Henry Munn commanded the detachment of the Royal Irish Fusiliers at Witpoort which was attacked on 16 July 1900, his orders being to "hold his position at all costs". The Boers called on Major Munn to surrender, but, scornfully refusing, he held out from daybreak till 2 pm, when the Canadian forces mounted a counterattack and the Boers retired. The battle became famous because of the death of Harold Lothrop Borden.

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle, 

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	building		Rice Pattern Blockhouse	fortification	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1881	Siege of Marabastad	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1881	Battle of Elandsfontein	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1881	Battle of Rooihuiskraal	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1900	Battle of Witpoort	battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1968	Armscor	arms industry, business	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1980	Milkor (Pty) Ltd	arms industry, business	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1994	Paramount Group	arms industry, proprietary company	Wikidata
site	fort	1897	Fort Schanskop	fort, architectural structure	Wikidata
site	fort	1898	Fort Klapperkop	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1898	Fort Daspoortrant	fort	Wikidata
site	museum	1947	South African National Museum of Military History	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1973	South African Air Force Museum	aviation museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2004	Freedom Park	history museum, military museum	Wikidata
commons	image		Witpoort2ndBoerWar		Commons