Siege of Marabastad

Siege of Marabastad
	Part of the First Boer War
Date	11 January 1881 – 2 April 1881
Location	Marabastad Fort, British-occupied Transvaal (Transvaal Colony)
Result	Boer victory; Marabastad is captured
Belligerents
United Kingdom	South African Republic
Commanders and leaders
Cap. E.S. Brook; Cap. Thompson; Lt. F.G.W. Jones; Lt. Gleniston	Commandant Barend Vorster
Strength
50–60 men of the 94th Regiment; 30 European volunteers; 43–50 men from the Transvaal Mounted Police; Total: 123–140 soldiers	100 men
Casualties and losses
5 killed 8 wounded	Unknown

The siege of Marabastad was a siege of Fort Marabastad, in present day Limpopo, South Africa, carried out by the Boer Republic of Transvaal, starting on 11 January 1881, and ending with British surrender on 2 April 1881. It took place during the First Boer War, during which Boer forces besieged several British garrisons across the country.

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