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At this battlefield in April 1900 Col. E. H. Dalgety and his Colonial Division of about 2000 men were besieged for 16 days by Gen. Christiaan de Wet and his superior force of almost 6 000 men. Owing to the arrival of British reinforcements, Gen. De Wet had to concede the victory and flee on 25 April 1900. The heroic manner in which the Colonial Division resisted during the siege and the fact that this was one of Gen. de Wet's few military defeats makes the battlefield of exceptional importance. Many of the entrenchments and other material remains are still in evidence on the battlefield.