war, 42 engagements

Battles of Second Boer War

The atlas places 42 engagements of Second Boer War (1899 to 1902): 39 battles and 3 sieges, all in present-day South Africa.

See them on the globe

42 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

42 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

The war in time order

One tick per dated engagement; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Commanders 14 with pages

Louis Botha 10 engagements
Koos de la Rey 9 engagements
Piet Cronjé 6 engagements
Christiaan de Wet 6 engagements
Petrus Johannes Liebenberg 5 engagements
Redvers Buller 5 engagements
John French, 1st Earl of Ypres 4 engagements
Ignatius Stephanus Ferreira 4 engagements
Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen 4 engagements
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts 4 engagements
Piet Joubert 3 engagements
Horace Smith-Dorrien 2 engagements

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	Result
2 January 1896	Battle of Doornkop	South Africa
13 October 1899	Siege of Mafeking	Mahikeng, South Africa	British victory; Mafeking relieved
13 October 1899	Battle of Kraaipan	Ratlou Local Municipality, South Africa	Boer victory
14 October 1899	Siege of Kimberley	Kimberley, South Africa	British victory
20 October 1899	Battle of Talana Hill	Dundee, South Africa	British tactical victory
21 October 1899	Battle of Elandslaagte	Elandslaagte, South Africa	British victory
28 October 1899	Relief of Ladysmith	KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	British victory
30 October 1899	Battle of Ladysmith	Ladysmith, South Africa	Boer victory
2 November 1899	Siege of Ladysmith	Ladysmith, South Africa	British victory
23 November 1899	Battle of Belmont	Orange Free State, South Africa	British victory
25 November 1899	Battle of Graspan	South Africa	British victory
28 November 1899	Battle of Modder River	Modder River, South Africa	British victory
10 December 1899	Battle of Stormberg	Chris Hani District Municipality, South Africa	Boer victory
11 December 1899	Battle of Magersfontein	Magersfontein, South Africa	Boer victory
15 December 1899	Battle of Colenso	Colenso, South Africa	Boer victory
23 January 1900	Battle of Spion Kop	South Africa	Boer victory
5 February 1900	Battle of Vaal Krantz	South Africa	Boer victory
14 February 1900	Battle of the Tugela Heights	Colenso, South Africa	British victory
18 February 1900	Battle of Paardeberg	South Africa	Anglo-Canadian victory
18 February 1900	Bloody Sunday	South Africa	First assault; Boer victory
7 March 1900	Battle of Poplar Grove	South Africa	British victory
10 March 1900	Battle of Driefontein	Orange Free State, South Africa	British victory
31 March 1900	Battle of Sanna's Post	Bloemfontein, South Africa	Boer victory
1900	Battle of Boshof	Boshof, South Africa	British victory
1900	Battle of Laing's Nek (1900)	Laing's Nek, South Africa
12 June 1900	Battle of Diamond Hill	Pretoria, South Africa	British victory
1900	Battle of Dwarsvlei	Krugersdorp, South Africa	Boer victory
1900	Battle of Silkaatsnek	Silkaatsnek, South Africa	An early Boer victory using guerrilla tactics
1900	Battle of Witpoort	Witpoort, South Africa	British Empire victory
4 August 1900	Battle of Elands River	South Africa	British victory; Boer attack repulsed; British garrison relieved
27 August 1900	Battle of Bergendal	eMakhazeni, South Africa	British victory
6 November 1900	Battle of Bothaville	Bothaville, South Africa	British victory
7 November 1900	Battle of Leliefontein	Carolina, South Africa	Anglo-Canadian victory; See aftermath
13 December 1900	Battle of Nooitgedacht	South African Republic, South Africa	Boer victory
29 May 1901	Battle of Vlakfontein	South Africa
5 September 1901	Battle of Groenkloof	South Africa
17 September 1901	Battle of Blood River Poort	South Africa	Boer victory
17 September 1901	Battle of Elands River	South Africa	Boer victory
30 October 1901	Battle of Bakenlaagte	South Africa	Boer Victory
25 December 1901	Battle of Groenkop	South Africa	Boer victory
7 March 1902	Battle of Tweebosch	South Africa	Boer victory
11 April 1902	Battle of Rooiwal	South Africa	British victory

Engagements are the Wikidata records placed within Second Boer War (or a campaign of it) that carry coordinates; actions without coordinates are not shown.