Siege of Pretoria

Siege of Pretoria
Part of the First Boer War
Date 16 December 1880 - 28 March 1881 Location Pretoria, South Africa Result Boer victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	South African Republic
Commanders and leaders
William Bellairs	D.J. Erasmus
Strength
1,340	6,000
Casualties and losses
9 dead, 38 wounded	21 dead, 6 wounded, 15 captured

The siege of Pretoria was a military engagement in the First Boer War, in which Boer forces laid siege to the British garrison at Pretoria. There was not much fighting in the siege, and the Boers had resorted to a strategy of just cutting off the British garrison, rather than attacking it. A few attempts were made, however, but none were successful. With the ceasefire in March 1881, the garrison surrendered upon hearing news of it.^[1][2]