General Kock with 1,000 Boers holding a ridge near Elandslaagte were attacked by Gen John French's Cavalry and Col Ian Hamilton with 3,000 Infantry. Acurate fire from the Boer's Mauser rifles and a barbed wire fence held up the British frontal advance, but following reinforcement the British reached the crest as Kock himself and 50 of his men counter-attacked and drove them back. They rallied, however, and Kock withdrew, the Boers melting into the countryside as was their usual tactic. However 400 Cavalry and Lancers were waiting to cut them down as they retreated.

British Colonial forces

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Casualties :

258

Boer forces

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