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Battle of Diamond Hill
| Battle of Diamond Hill | |||||||
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| Part of Second Boer War | |||||||
 The Charge of the City of London Imperial Volunteers ('CIVs') and Coldstreams at the Battle of Diamond Hill, after a drawing by William Barnes Wollen | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 South African Republic Orange Free State | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Lord Roberts John French Ian Hamilton Reginald Pole-Carew |
Louis Botha Koos de la Rey | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 20,000 men and 83 guns[1] | Up to 6,000 men and 30 guns[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 28 killed and 145 wounded[1] |
About 30 killed and wounded Several captured[1] | ||||||
The Battle of Diamond Hill (Donkerhoek) (Afrikaans: Slag van Donkerhoek) was an engagement of the Second Boer War that took place on 11 and 12 June 1900 in central Transvaal.
- ^ a b c d Wessels 2017, pp. 236–237.
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