Battle of the Tugela Heights

Battle of the Tugela Heights
Part of Second Boer War

British Forces storming Pieters Hill on February 27 and advancing to Ladysmith
Date14–27 February 1900
Location28°41′S 29°50′E / 28.683°S 29.833°E / -28.683; 29.833 (Battle of the Tugela Heights)
Result British victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom  South African Republic
 Orange Free State
Commanders and leaders
Redvers Buller Louis Botha
Strength
20,000
50 guns
5,000
8 field guns
Casualties and losses
2,300 killed, wounded or missing 200 killed

The Battle of Tugela (or Thukela) Heights, also known as the Battle of Pieters Hill, Battle of the Pieters, or the Battle of the Tugela River, consisted of a series of military actions lasting from 14 February through to 27 February 1900 in which General Sir Redvers Buller's British army forced Louis Botha's Boer army to lift the Siege of Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.