Bloody Sunday (1900)

Bloody Sunday
Part of Battle of Paardeberg during the Second Boer War

Depiction of the British assault on Boer positions during Bloody Sunday
Date18 February 1900
Location
Paardeberg Drift, Orange Free State
28°58′57″S 25°5′35″E / 28.98250°S 25.09306°E / -28.98250; 25.09306
Result First assault; Boer victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom
 Canada		  South African Republic
 Orange Free State
Commanders and leaders
Herbert Kitchener Piet Cronjé
Strength
6,000 5,000
Casualties and losses
1,100 total, including;
280 dead		 100 dead
Location within South Africa

Bloody Sunday of February 18, 1900, was a day of high Imperial casualties in the Second Boer War.

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