| Bloody Sunday | |||||||
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| Part of Battle of Paardeberg during the Second Boer War | |||||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Paget_-_British_troops_observe_the_Boer_laager_at_Paardeberg,_1900.jpg) Depiction of the British assault on Boer positions during Bloody Sunday | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Kingdom Canada |
 South African Republic Orange Free State | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Herbert Kitchener |
Piet Cronjé | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 6,000 | 5,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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1,100 total, including; 280 dead | 100 dead | ||||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:South_Africa_adm_location_map.svg)  Location within South Africa | |||||||
Bloody Sunday of February 18, 1900, was a day of high Imperial casualties in the Second Boer War.[1]
- ^ "Battle of Paardeberg, 18–27 February 1900". historyofwar.org. Retrieved 20 January 2015.