Battle of Boshof | |||||||
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Part of Second Boer War | |||||||
French postcard depicting The glorious death of Comte de Villebois-Mareuil at the Battle of Boshof, 1900 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United Kingdom |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lord Chesham | Comte de Villebois-Mareuil † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
750 men[1] | 120 men | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3 killed & 10 wounded[2] |
11 killed 64 captured & wounded |
The Battle of Boshof was fought during the Second Boer War on 5 April 1900 between British forces and mostly French volunteers of the Boer army.[3]