Atlas of Battles

commander, 13 engagements

Battles of Louis Botha

Battles of Louis Botha

South African general and politician (1862-1919)

Louis Botha is recorded as a commander at 13 placed engagements in the atlas between 1899 and 1915: 11 battles, 1 siege and 1 campaign across 2 present-day countries, most in South Africa (11), Namibia (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,311 km apart end to end, 276 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Boer War (10), World War I (2).

Relief of LadysmithBattle of the Tugela HeightsBattle of Zand RiverBattle of Diamond HillBattle of BergendalBattle of Blood River PoortBattle of BakenlaagteBattle of OtaviBattle of LadysmithSiege of LadysmithBattle of Spion KopBattle of Vaal KrantzSouth-West Africa campaignBattle of LadysmithSiege of LadysmithBattle of Spion KopSouth-West Africa campaignJohannesburgMaputoPretoriaBulawayoBeiraBloemfonteinMaseruWindhoekGaboroneGrootfontein500 km24.179S, 23.933E
13 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1899: 3 engagements1900: 6 engagements6 in 19001901: 2 engagements1914: 1 engagements1915: 1 engagements18991915
13 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Relief of Ladysmith, 1899Battle of Ladysmith, 1899Siege of Ladysmith, 1899Battle of Spion Kop, 1900Battle of Vaal Krantz, 1900Battle of the Tugela Heights, 1900Battle of Zand River, 1900Battle of Diamond Hill, 1900Battle of Bergendal, 1900Battle of Blood River Poort, 1901Battle of Bakenlaagte, 1901South-West Africa campaign, 1914Battle of Otavi, 191518991915
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
28 October 1899Relief of LadysmithKwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaBritish victory
30 October 1899Battle of LadysmithLadysmith, South Africa24 km NBoer victory
2 November 1899Siege of LadysmithLadysmith, South Africa6 km SBritish victory
23 January 1900Battle of Spion KopSouth Africa28 km WBoer victory
5 February 1900Battle of Vaal KrantzSouth Africa12 km EBoer victory
14 February 1900Battle of the Tugela HeightsColenso, South Africa20 km EBritish victory
10 May 1900Battle of Zand RiverSouth Africa328 km WBritish victory
12 June 1900Battle of Diamond HillPretoria, South Africa380 km NEBritish victory
27 August 1900Battle of BergendaleMakhazeni, South Africa163 km EBritish victory
17 September 1901Battle of Blood River PoortSouth Africa230 km SBoer victory
30 October 1901Battle of BakenlaagteSouth Africa210 km NWBoer Victory
1914South-West Africa campaignNamibia947 km WAllied victory
1 July 1915Battle of OtaviOtavi, Namibia963 km NSouth African 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, UnknownUnknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.