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Siege of Pretoria
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| Siege of Pretoria | |||||||
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| Part of the First Boer War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
 South African Republic | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| William Bellairs | D.J. Erasmus | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1,340 | 6,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 9 dead, 38 wounded | 21 dead, 6 wounded, 15 captured | ||||||
The siege of Pretoria was a military engagement in the First Boer War, in which Boer forces laid siege to the British garrison at Pretoria. There was not much fighting in the siege, and the Boers had resorted to a strategy of just cutting off the British garrison, rather than attacking it. A few attempts were made, however, but none were successful. With the ceasefire in March 1881, the garrison surrendered upon hearing news of it.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Siege of Pretoria, 1880-1881 - South African Military History Society - Journal". samilitaryhistory.org. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
- ^ "Siege of Pretoria | Charles Allen Du Val". charlesduval.org. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
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