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The Battle of Rooiwal was an engagement of the Second Boer War. It took place on 11 April 1902 and resulted in a victory by a British force commanded by Colonel Robert Kekewich over a Boer commando led by Generals and Jan Kemp. The action consisted of a Boer attack on horseback on an entrenched British hillside position in the valley of Rooiwal, near Klerksdorp in the Western Transvaal. The Boers were attempting to break out of a British encircling manoeuvre. Their attack was repulsed at some cost to the Boers in killed and injured.

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  • The Battle of Rooiwal was an engagement of the Second Boer War. It took place on 11 April 1902 and resulted in a victory by a British force commanded by Colonel Robert Kekewich over a Boer commando led by Generals and Jan Kemp. The action consisted of a Boer attack on horseback on an entrenched British hillside position in the valley of Rooiwal, near Klerksdorp in the Western Transvaal. The Boers were attempting to break out of a British encircling manoeuvre. Their attack was repulsed at some cost to the Boers in killed and injured. This was the end of the war in the Western Transvaal and also the last major battle of the Anglo-Boer War. (en)
  • La bataille de Rooiwal fut un combat de la deuxième Guerre des Boers. Elle se déroula à le 11 avril 1902 et aboutit à la victoire des troupes britanniques commandées par le Colonel (en) contre un kommando boer dirigé par les Généraux et Kemp. L'affrontement fut une attaque montée des Boers contre des tranchées britanniques dans la vallée de Rooiwal, près de Klerksdorp au Transvaal occidental. Les Boers tentèrent de contrer une manœuvre d'encerclement britannique. L'attaque fut repoussée. Cette bataille consacra la fin de la guerre au Transvaal occidental et fut la dernière bataille majeure de la guerre. (fr)
  • Битва при Ройвале (англ. Battle of Rooiwal) — последнее крупное сражение во время Второй англо-бурской войны. Произошло 11 апреля 1902 года в Западном Трансваале недалеко от Клерксдорпа у Ройвала и привело к победе британских войск под командованием полковника Роберта Кекевича над бурскими коммандо Потгитера и Кемпа. (ru)
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  • Henry Rawlinson (en)
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  • Битва при Ройвале (англ. Battle of Rooiwal) — последнее крупное сражение во время Второй англо-бурской войны. Произошло 11 апреля 1902 года в Западном Трансваале недалеко от Клерксдорпа у Ройвала и привело к победе британских войск под командованием полковника Роберта Кекевича над бурскими коммандо Потгитера и Кемпа. (ru)
  • The Battle of Rooiwal was an engagement of the Second Boer War. It took place on 11 April 1902 and resulted in a victory by a British force commanded by Colonel Robert Kekewich over a Boer commando led by Generals and Jan Kemp. The action consisted of a Boer attack on horseback on an entrenched British hillside position in the valley of Rooiwal, near Klerksdorp in the Western Transvaal. The Boers were attempting to break out of a British encircling manoeuvre. Their attack was repulsed at some cost to the Boers in killed and injured. (en)
  • La bataille de Rooiwal fut un combat de la deuxième Guerre des Boers. Elle se déroula à le 11 avril 1902 et aboutit à la victoire des troupes britanniques commandées par le Colonel (en) contre un kommando boer dirigé par les Généraux et Kemp. L'affrontement fut une attaque montée des Boers contre des tranchées britanniques dans la vallée de Rooiwal, près de Klerksdorp au Transvaal occidental. Les Boers tentèrent de contrer une manœuvre d'encerclement britannique. L'attaque fut repoussée. (fr)
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  • Битва при Ройвале (ru)
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