Battle of Groenkop

Battle of Groenkop
Part of the Second Boer War
Date25 December 1901
Location
Groenkop, Orange Free State
28°14′11″S 28°39′28″E / 28.23639°S 28.65778°E / -28.23639; 28.65778 (Battle of Groenkop)
Result Boer victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom United Kingdom  Orange Free State
Commanders and leaders
Major Williams Christiaan de Wet
Strength
550 (mostly 11th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry) 600
Casualties and losses
68 killed
77 wounded
206 captured		 11 killed
30 wounded

In the Battle of Groenkop (Battle of Tweefontein) on 25 December 1901, Head Commandant Christiaan de Wet's Boer commando surprised and defeated a force of Imperial Yeomanry under the command of Major Williams.