Battle of Sandfontein | |||||||
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Part of the South West Africa Campaign of World War I | |||||||
German illustration of Schutztruppen fighting the British (C. Arriens, 1914) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Joachim von Heydebreck[1] |
R.C. Grant (WIA) E.J. Welby[2] | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1,700 soldiers 10 artillery pieces 4 machine guns[1] |
237 officers and soldiers 2 cavalry squadrons 2 artillery pieces 2 machine guns[3] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
14 killed 46 wounded[2] |
16 killed 51 wounded 205 captured[2] |
The Battle of Sandfontein was fought between the Union of South Africa on behalf of the British Imperial Government and the German Empire (modern-day Namibia) on 26 September 1914 at Sandfontein, during the first stage of the South West Africa Campaign of World War I, and ended in a German victory.