Action at Bronkhorstspruit

The Battle of Bronkhorstspruit was the first major engagement of the First Boer War. It took place by the Bronkhorstspruit river, near the town of Bronkhorstspruit, Transvaal, on 20 December 1880. Threatened by the growing numbers of militant Boers in the Pretoria region, the British recalled the 94th Regiment of Foot, which had several companies garrisoned in towns and villages across the wider area. The regiment's commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Philip Robert Anstruther, led a 34-wagon column consisting of roughly 250 men on a 188-mile (303 km) journey from Lydenburg back to Pretoria. A similar-sized Boer commando force, led by Francois Gerhardus Joubert, was ordered to intercept and stop the British.

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1880  Wikimedia, Wikidata
battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

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1880 Action at Bronkhorstspruit

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1900 Battle of Diamond Hill

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Boer War; the grave of those killed at Bronkhuis Spruit, wit Wellcome V0015632

Battle of Bronkhorstspruit 1880 east

Battle of Bronkhorstspruit 1880 West side

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1880	Action at Bronkhorstspruit	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1900	Battle of Diamond Hill	battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Wikidata
commons	image		Boer War; the grave of those killed at Bronkhuis Spruit, wit Wellcome V0015632		Commons
commons	image		Battle of Bronkhorstspruit 1880 east		Commons
commons	image		Battle of Bronkhorstspruit 1880 West side		Commons