Battle of Rooihuiskraal

Battle of Rooihuiskraal
Part of the First Boer War
Rooihuiskraal Battlefield Memorial
Date 12 February 1881 Location Rooihuiskraal, South Africa 25°53′56″S 28°09′18″E / 25.89889°S 28.15500°E / -25.89889; 28.15500 (Battle of Rooihuiskraal) Result Boer victory
Belligerents
South African Republic	United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
D.J. Erasmus Jr	Lt-Col George Frederick Gildea  (WIA)
Strength
Unknown	Pretoria Garrison
Casualties and losses
Unknown	1 killed and 15 wounded
class=notpageimage| Location within South Africa

The Battle of Rooihuiskraal on 12 February 1881 was a military engagement during the First Boer War which took place at Rooihuiskraal just south of Pretoria.^[1]