Battle of Groenkloof

Battle of Groenkloof
Part of Second Boer War
Date5 September 1901
Location
Petersburg, Cape Colony
32°18′56″S 24°58′12″E / 32.31556°S 24.97000°E / -32.31556; 24.97000 (Battle of Groenkloof)
Result British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom United Kingdom Boers from Cape Colony
Commanders and leaders
Colonel Harry Scobell Commandant Johannes Lötter Executed
Strength
1,100 130
Casualties and losses
10 killed, unknown number wounded 13 killed, 46 wounded, 61 captured

In the Battle of Groenkloof on 5 September 1901, a British column under Colonel Harry Scobell defeated and captured a small Boer commando led by Commandant Lötter in the Cape Colony during the Second Boer War.