Derdepoort massacre

Derdepoort massacre
Part of the Second Anglo-Boer War
Location Derdepoort, North-West Transvaal Republic
Date 25 November 1899
Deaths 2 Women
Non-fatal injuries
17 women and children were captured.
Perpetrators Bechuanaland Kgatla of Chief Lentshwe

The Derdepoort massacre occurred on the 25th November 1899 in Derdepoort, North-West Transvaal Republic on the border with the British Bechuanaland Protectorate. Some of the Bechuanaland Kgatla, under their chief Lentshwe and in alliance with the British under Colonel G. L. Holdsworth, attacked a Boer laager (wagon fort). Two women were killed, and 17 woman and children taken captive.[1]

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References

  1. Van Heyningen, Elizabeth., The Concentration Camps of the Anglo-Boer War, A Social History. Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd. Auckland Park, Johannesburg. 2013. Page 112 - 113

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