Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Piet Cronjé

Battles of Piet Cronjé

South African Boer general (1836–1911)

Piet Cronjé is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1899 and 1900: 4 battles and 2 sieges, all in present-day South Africa. Taken in date order, the sites lie 418 km apart end to end, 84 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Boer War (6).

Siege of KimberleySiege of MafekingBattle of KraaipanBattle of Modder RiverBattle of PaardebergBloody SundaySiege of MafekingBattle of KraaipanBattle of Modder RiverBattle of PaardebergBloody SundayJohannesburgPretoriaBloemfonteinMaseruWelkomUpingtonVereenigingKlerksdorpRustenburgKimberley200 km27.445S, 25.130E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1899: 4 engagements4 in 18991900: 2 engagements18991900
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Mafeking, 1899Battle of Kraaipan, 1899Siege of Kimberley, 1899Battle of Modder River, 1899Battle of Paardeberg, 1900Bloody Sunday, 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
14 October 1899Siege of KimberleyKimberley, South Africa277 km SBritish victory
28 November 1899Battle of Modder RiverModder River, South Africa36 km SBritish victory
18 February 1900Battle of PaardebergSouth Africa46 km EAnglo-Canadian victory
18 February 1900Bloody SundaySouth Africa0 km NFirst assault; Boer 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, B. Grant, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.