Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2926BA1
    Site Name
    Sannaspos Battlefield, Ahmetnagher, Bloemfontein District
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Associated People
    History of use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -29.155606, 26.532725
      Free State
      • Mangaung
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 2613
      Erf/Farm Portion: RE
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      At this site along the Koringspruit, Gen. C. R. de Wet, Chief Commandant of the Orange Free State Commandos, outmaneuvered the British forces under Brig. Gen. R. G. Broadwood on 31 March 1900. The military tactics displayed here by Gen. De Wet later became famous in military history.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The property, with the Sannaspos Battlefield thereon, being a certain portion of the Remainder of th

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      8747
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      1188
      Archive Status
      National monument
      Media
      Images uploaded directly to Site
      Images uploaded to linked Site Recordings