Bloody Sunday (1900)

Bloody Sunday
Part of Battle of Paardeberg during the Second Boer War

Depiction of the British assault on Boer positions during Bloody Sunday
Date18 February 1900
Location
Paardeberg Drift, Orange Free State
28°58′57″S 25°5′35″E / 28.98250°S 25.09306°E / -28.98250; 25.09306
Result First assault; Boer victory
Second assault; Imperial victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom
 Canada
 South African Republic
 Orange Free State
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom Herbert Kitchener South African Republic Piet Cronjé
Strength
6,000 5,000
Casualties and losses
1,100 total, including;
280 dead
100 dead
Bloody Sunday (1900) is located in South Africa
Bloody Sunday (1900)
Location within South Africa

Bloody Sunday of February 18, 1900, was a day of high Imperial casualties in the Second Boer War.[1]

  1. ^ "Battle of Paardeberg, 18–27 February 1900". historyofwar.org. Retrieved 20 January 2015.