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A pincer movement involving both French's cavalry …
Years: 1900 - 1900
February
A pincer movement involving both French's cavalry and the main British force, attempts to take the entrenched position on February 17 a but the frontal attacks are uncoordinated and so are repulsed by the Boers.
Finally, Roberts resorts to bombarding Cronjé into submission.
Locations
People
- Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
- Frederick Russell Burnham
- George Francis Robert Henderson
- J. B. M. Hertzog
- John Denton Pinkstone French
- Louis Botha
- Neville Bowles Chamberlain
- Paul Kruger
- Paul Sanford Methuen
- Piet Cronjé
- Redvers Buller
Groups
- Boers
- Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
- Orange Free State, Republic of the (Boer Republic)
- South African Republic (the Transvaal) (restored)
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Years: 1900 - 1900
February
Locations
People
- Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
- Frederick Russell Burnham
- George Francis Robert Henderson
- J. B. M. Hertzog
- John Denton Pinkstone French
- Louis Botha
- Neville Bowles Chamberlain
- Paul Kruger
- Paul Sanford Methuen
- Piet Cronjé
- Redvers Buller
Groups
- Boers
- Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
- Orange Free State, Republic of the (Boer Republic)
- South African Republic (the Transvaal) (restored)
Topics
Subjects
Regions
Subregions