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commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Petrus Johannes Liebenberg

Battles of Petrus Johannes Liebenberg

Boer war general, 1857 to 1950

Petrus Johannes Liebenberg is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1899 and 1900: 4 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day South Africa. Taken in date order, the sites lie 896 km apart end to end, 224 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Boer War (5).

Siege of MafekingBattle of KraaipanBattle of Modder RiverBattle of MagersfonteinBattle of Diamond HillSiege of MafekingBattle of KraaipanBattle of Modder RiverBattle of MagersfonteinBattle of Diamond HillJohannesburgPretoriaBloemfonteinMaseruWelkomVereenigingKlerksdorpRustenburgKimberleyVryheid200 km27.411S, 26.547E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1899: 4 engagements4 in 18991900: 1 engagements18991900
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Mafeking, 1899Battle of Kraaipan, 1899Battle of Modder River, 1899Battle of Magersfontein, 1899Battle of Diamond Hill, 190018991900
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
13 October 1899Siege of MafekingMahikeng, South AfricaBritish victory; Mafeking relieved
13 October 1899Battle of KraaipanRatlou Local Municipality, South Africa59 km SWBoer victory
28 November 1899Battle of Modder RiverModder River, South Africa312 km SBritish victory
11 December 1899Battle of MagersfonteinMagersfontein, South Africa10 km NEBoer victory
12 June 1900Battle of Diamond HillPretoria, South Africa514 km NEBritish victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.