Battle of Helvetia

Battle of Helvetia
Part of the Second Boer War

A 4.7 inch naval gun similar to the Lady Roberts gun, captured at the Battle of Helvetia, South Africa, on 29 December 1900.
Date29 December 1900
Location
Helvetia near Machadodorp, eastern South African Republic
Result Boer victory
Belligerents
 Transvaal
 Orange Free State
 Britain
Commanders and leaders
Ben Viljoen
Chris Muller
Major Stapleton Lynch Cotton
Casualties and losses
3 fallen, 5 wounded 11 fallen, 29 wounded, 235 captured[1]

The Battle of Helvetia was an engagement in the Second Boer War fought by Boer and British troops on 29 December 1900 in Helvetia 10 km north of Machadodorp, eastern South African Republic.

  1. ^ Pakenham 1979, p. 493.