Second Boer War - Battle of Kraaipan
Time: Thursday Oct 12, 1899
Place: South Africa
Details: The Boers struck first on 12 October at the Battle of Kraaipan, an attack that heralded the invasion of the Cape Colony and Colony of Natal between October 1899 and January 1900.
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