Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Koos de la Rey

Battles of Koos de la Rey

South African general (1847-1914)

Koos de la Rey is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1899 and 1902: 9 battles, all in present-day South Africa. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,431 km apart end to end, 179 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Boer War (9).

Battle of GraspanBattle of SilkaatsnekBattle of Elands RiverBattle of TweeboschBattle of KraaipanBattle of Modder RiverBattle of MagersfonteinBattle of Diamond HillBattle of NooitgedachtBattle of KraaipanBattle of Modder RiverBattle of MagersfonteinBattle of Diamond HillBattle of NooitgedachtJohannesburgPretoriaBloemfonteinMaseruWelkomMbabaneVereenigingPietermaritzburgKlerksdorpRustenburg200 km27.475S, 26.475E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1899: 4 engagements4 in 18991900: 4 engagements4 in 19001902: 1 engagements18991902
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Kraaipan, 1899Battle of Graspan, 1899Battle of Modder River, 1899Battle of Magersfontein, 1899Battle of Diamond Hill, 1900Battle of Silkaatsnek, 1900Battle of Elands River, 1900Battle of Nooitgedacht, 1900Battle of Tweebosch, 190218991902
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
13 October 1899Battle of KraaipanRatlou Local Municipality, South AfricaBoer victory
25 November 1899Battle of GraspanSouth Africa344 km SBritish victory
28 November 1899Battle of Modder RiverModder River, South Africa32 km NEBritish victory
11 December 1899Battle of MagersfonteinMagersfontein, South Africa10 km NEBoer victory
12 June 1900Battle of Diamond HillPretoria, South Africa514 km NEBritish victory
1900Battle of SilkaatsnekSilkaatsnek, South Africa58 km WAn early Boer victory using guerrilla tactics
4 August 1900Battle of Elands RiverSouth Africa120 km WBritish victory; Boer attack repulsed; British garrison...
13 December 1900Battle of NooitgedachtSouth African Republic, South Africa88 km EBoer victory
7 March 1902Battle of TweeboschSouth Africa266 km WBoer victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Delos on en.wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.