Bloody Sunday | |||||||
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Part of Battle of Paardeberg during the Second Boer War | |||||||
Depiction of the British assault on Boer positions during Bloody Sunday | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United Kingdom Canada |
South African Republic Orange Free State | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Herbert Kitchener | Piet Cronjé | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
6,000 | 5,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1,100 total, including; 280 dead | 100 dead | ||||||
Bloody Sunday of February 18, 1900, was a day of high Imperial casualties in the Second Boer War.[1]