Derdepoort massacre

Derdepoort massacre
Part of the Second Anglo-Boer War
Location Derdepoort, North-West Transvaal Republic
Date 25 November 1899
Deaths 2 Women
Non-fatal injuries
 17 women and children were captured.
Assailants Bechuanaland Kgatla of Chief Lentshwe

The Derdepoort massacre occurred on the 25th November 1899 in Derdepoort,North-WestTransvaal Republic on the border with the British Bechuanaland Protectorate. Several impi's under Lentshwe, chief of the Kgatla, and their British allies under Colonel G. L. Holdsworth attacked a Boer laager and killed 2 women and kidnapped a further 17 women and children.[1]

Massacre

On 25 November 1899 some of the Bechuanaland Kgatla, under Lentshwe and in alliance with the British under Colonel G. L. Holdsworth, attacked a Boer laager on the Bechuanaland border of the Transvaal.[2] Two women were killed, and 17 woman and children taken captive.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Van Heyningen, Elizabeth., The Concentration Camps of the Anglo-Boer War, A Social History. Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd. Auckland Park, Johannesburg. 2013. Page 112 - 113
  2. ↑ Van Heyningen, Elizabeth., The Concentration Camps of the Anglo-Boer War, A Social History. Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd. Auckland Park, Johannesburg. 2013. Page 112 - 113
  3. ↑ Van Heyningen, Elizabeth., The Concentration Camps of the Anglo-Boer War, A Social History. Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd. Auckland Park, Johannesburg. 2013. Page 112 - 113


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