| 词条 | Battle of Kraaipan |
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| conflict = Battle of Kraaipan | partof = Second Boer War | image = | caption = Derailed armoured CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1889 at Kraaipan | date = 12 October 1899 – 13 October 1899 | place = Kraaipan, South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|26|17|49|S|25|18|23|E|type:event_region:ZA|display=inline|name=Kraaipan}} | casus = | territory = | result = Boer Victory | combatant1 = {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} | combatant2 = {{flag|South African Republic}} {{flag|Orange Free State}} | commander1 = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Lt RH Nesbitt | commander2 = {{flagicon|South African Republic}} Piet Cronjé, Koos de la Rey | strength1 = ? | strength2 = 800 | casualties1 = 9 wounded | casualties2 = 0 | campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Second Boer War}} }} The Battle of Kraaipan was the first engagement of the Second Anglo-Boer War, fought at Kraaipan, South Africa on 12 October 1899. On 11 October 1899 President Paul Kruger of the South African Republic in alliance with the Orange Free State declared war on the British. That night 800 men of the Potchefstroom and Lichtenburg commandos[1] under General Koos de la Rey (one of General Piet Cronjé's field generals) attacked and captured the British garrison and railway siding at Kraaipan between Vryburg and Mafeking, some {{convert|60|km|mi}} south west of Mafeking. Thus began the Second Anglo-Boer War. Under the orders of Cronjé the Mafeking railway and telegraph lines were cut on the same day. The armoured train, "Mosquito", carrying two 7-pounder cannons,[1] rifles, ammunition and supplies was derailed and after a five-hour fight the British surrendered the next morning. The cannons, rifles, ammunition, supplies and prisoners were taken. The Boer troops discovered British Mark IV ammunition (better known as dumdum) on the train.[2] This incident made De la Rey famous, but exacerbated his conflicts with the cautious and unimaginative Cronjé, who sent him to block the advance of the British forces moving to relieve the Siege of Kimberley in the north-east of the Cape Colony. Notes1. ^1 "The First Shots of the War – 12 October 1899" {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214165813/http://home.intekom.com/lichtenburg/kraai-1e.htm |date=December 14, 2010 }} by Elria Wessels in KEUR, 2 October 1998. {{commonscat|Battle of Kraaipan}}2. ^"Boer War" from History-net.com. 4 : Battles of the Second Boer War|Conflicts in 1899|1899 in South Africa|October 1899 events |
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