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The Battle of Bergendal (also known as the Battle of Belfast or the Battle of Dalmanutha) was fought from 21 to 27 August 1900 near the town of Belfast in present-day Mpumalanga, South Africa. It was the last set-piece battle of the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902), where the Boer forces under General Louis Botha made a determined stand against the advancing British army commanded by General Sir Redvers Buller. The battle centered on a rocky kopje (hill) called Bergendal, which was held by a small contingent of the Johannesburg Police and other Boer fighters. After intense artillery bombardment and a frontal assault by British infantry, the Boer position was overrun on 27 August, forcing Botha to retreat eastward. The British victory at Bergendal opened the way to the capture of the Boer capital, Pretoria, and effectively ended conventional warfare in the conflict, leading to the guerrilla phase of the war.
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