Gauteng, BRONKHORSTSPRUIT district, Rural (farm cemeteries) / Gauteng, BRONKHORSTSPRUIT district, Klipeiland 524, Battle of Bronkhorstspruit Memorial / (1 of 2 images)
Slag van Bronkhorstspruit Op 20 Desember 1880 het ‘n Boerekommando van ongeveer 250 man onder kommandant Frans Joubert ‘n Britse mag van 257 man met 34 waens onder luitenant-kolonel P.R. Anstruther hier verslaan. Tydens die kortstondige geveg het Anstruther en 66 van sy manskappe en twee Boere gesneuwel. Battle of Bronkhorstspruit A Boer commando of about 250 men commanded by commandant Frans Joubert defeated a British force of 257 men with 94 wagons under lieutenant colonel P.R. Anstruther here on 20th December, 1880. During the brief battle of lieutenant colonel Anstruther with 66 of his men and two Boers were killed.
Cemetery information:- Album complete.
eGGSA captions by: Andries Holtzhausen & Magda Alberts
The GGSA Cemetery DVD/ Cemetery Transcript Project only has information on the cemetery location. Cemetery ID: 6870 Google Earth Cemetery Initiative Information:- GPSID: 8248 GPS: -25 50.408, 28 44.469
1. Battle of Bronkhorstspruit memorial
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