Bloody Sunday (1900)

Bloody Sunday
Part of Battle of Paardeberg during the Second Boer War
Depiction of the British assault on Boer positions during Bloody Sunday
Date 18 February 1900 Location Paardeberg Drift, Orange Free State 28°58′57″S 25°5′35″E / 28.98250°S 25.09306°E / -28.98250; 25.09306 Result First assault; Boer victory Second assault; Imperial victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom  Canada	South African Republic  Orange Free State
Commanders and leaders
Herbert Kitchener	Piet Cronjé
Strength
6,000	5,000
Casualties and losses
1,100 total, including; 280 dead	100 dead
class=notpageimage| Location within South Africa

Bloody Sunday of February 18, 1900, was a day of high Imperial casualties in the Second Boer War.^[1]