{{short description|Part of the Anglo-Boer War}} {{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Battle of Holkrans | partof = Anglo-Boer War | image = | image_size = | caption = | date = 6 May 1902 | place = Holkrans, South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|27|35|16|S|30|46|1|E |region:ZA_type:mountain |name=Holkrans |display=inline,title}} | map_type = South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa | map_size = 200 | map_caption = | map_label = | result = Zulu victory | combatant1 = Boers | combatant2 = Zulu Kingdom | commander1 = Veldkornet Jan Potgieter | commander2 = Sikhobobho | strength1 = 73 | strength2 = 300 | casualties1 = 56 killed | casualties2 = 52 killed | campaignbox = }} The '''Battle of Holkrans''' or '''Holkrantz''' (6 May 1902) took place at Holkrans, near Vryheid in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa during the second Anglo-Boer War.
== History == To stop the raids operated by the Boers on their cattle and crops as a punishment for helping the British, the leader of the abaQulusi, Sikhobobho, responded by assembling his forces and attacked the commando camp at the foot of Holkrans hill. The Zulus attacked at night, and in a mutual bloodbath, the Boers lost 56 killed and 3 wounded, while the Zulus suffered 52 killed and 48 wounded.{{sfn|Pakenham|1979|p=601}} This battle was the last victory of the abaQulusi to date.<ref>Ian Knight, ''Companion to the Anglo-Zulu War'', 2008</ref>
== Further reading == * Ian Knight, ''Companion to the Anglo-Zulu War'', Pen and Sword military, UK, 2008 * {{Cite book|last=Pakenham |first=Thomas |author-link=Thomas Pakenham (historian) |year=1979 |title=The Boer War|location=New York|publisher=Random House|isbn=0-394-42742-4|url=https://archive.org/details/boerwar00pake|url-access=registration }}
== External links == * Military History of South Africa [https://militaryhistorysa.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/2-the-battle-at-holkrantz-6th-may-1902/]
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