Sanna's Post

The Battle of Sanna's Post (a.k.a. Kroon Spruit) was an engagement fought during the Second Boer War (1899–1902) between the British Empire and the Boers of the two independent republics of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic.

Battle of Sanna's Post
Part of Second Boer War
Date31 March 1900
Location29°9′26″S 26°32′8″E
Result Boer victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Orange Free State
Commanders and leaders
Brigadier General Robert Broadwood Christiaan Rudolf de Wet
Strength
2,000
12 guns
400
(1,600 distantly engaged)
Casualties and losses
155 dead or wounded
428 prisoners
7 guns
3 dead
5 wounded
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