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Modderfontein 93 War cemetery

Tarkastad, Chris Hani District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa – *No GPS coordinates

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Modderfontein 93 War Cemetery has the graves of British Soldiers killed at the Battle of Elands River on 17 Sep 1901 during the Second Anglo Boer War. The Boer commander Jan Smuts with a commando of about 250 men was on a raid deep into the Cape Colony. C Squadron, 17th Lancers, who were holding the Elands River Poort mountain pass, were commanded by Captain Sandeman, a cousin of Winston Churchill. The Boers took advantage of a mist to encircle the British camp at Tarkastad, near Modderfontein. When Smuts' vanguard ran head on into a Lancer patrol, the British hesitated to fire because many of the Boers wore captured British uniforms. The Boers immediately opened fire. The 17th Lancers lost 35 killed and some 32 wounded before surrendering. The Royal Garrison Artillery lost 3 killed. Boer losses were only one killed and six wounded.
Modderfontein 93 War Cemetery has the graves of British Soldiers killed at the Battle of Elands River on 17 Sep 1901 during the Second Anglo Boer War. The Boer commander Jan Smuts with a commando of about 250 men was on a raid deep into the Cape Colony. C Squadron, 17th Lancers, who were holding the Elands River Poort mountain pass, were commanded by Captain Sandeman, a cousin of Winston Churchill. The Boers took advantage of a mist to encircle the British camp at Tarkastad, near Modderfontein. When Smuts' vanguard ran head on into a Lancer patrol, the British hesitated to fire because many of the Boers wore captured British uniforms. The Boers immediately opened fire. The 17th Lancers lost 35 killed and some 32 wounded before surrendering. The Royal Garrison Artillery lost 3 killed. Boer losses were only one killed and six wounded.

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  • Added: 29 Dec 2022
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2767761