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Battle of Schuinshoogte | |||||||
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Part of First Boer War | |||||||
![]() Monument erected to the memory of the fallen (British) at Schuin's Hooghte, Majuba | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
300–500 infantry |
240 infantry 38 cavalry 2 cannon | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
8 killed 10 wounded |
66 killed 77 wounded |
Battle of Schuinshoogte, also known as Battle of Ingogo, was fought north of Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, on 8 February 1881 during the First Boer War. General Sir George Pomeroy Colley's communications with Newcastle were under constant harassment by mounted Boer patrols under Commander J D Weilbach after the Battle of Laing's Nek (another British defeat) and as a result he planned to clear a path along the Newcastle-Mount Prospect road to better protect the British supply line, and receive fresh reinforcements he needed to bolster his ranks.