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 | |||||||
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Part of Second Boer War | |||||||
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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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