✦ History

Part of Second Boer War

Battle of Magersfontein

December 11, 1899 · Battle of Magersfontein

Result Boer victory

Methuen's dawn attack on Cronjé's hidden trenches failed, one of the defeats of Black Week.

On the map Contemporaries

United Kingdom

Boer republics

United Kingdom
South African Republic
Orange Free State
Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen military commander Andrew Wauchope military commander
Koos de la Rey military commander Piet Cronjé military commander Petrus Johannes Liebenberg military commander Ignatius Stephanus Ferreira military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
c. 11,500
Casualties
c. 1,000
Killed
c. 210
Wounded
c. 690
Missing
c. 100
Guns
c. 35
Strength
8,500c. 4,000
Casualties
236c. 140
Killed
c. 50
Wounded
c. 70
Missing
c. 20
Guns
5

Units

Methuen's 1st Division (1899–1900)
Cronjé's western army (1899–1900)