Battle of the Tugela Heights

Battle of the Tugela Heights
Part of Second Boer War
British Forces storming Pieters Hill on February 27 and advancing to Ladysmith
Date 14–27 February 1900 Location Colenso, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 28°41′S 29°50′E / 28.683°S 29.833°E / -28.683; 29.833 (Battle of the Tugela Heights) Result British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	South African Republic  Orange Free State
Commanders and leaders
Redvers Buller	Louis Botha
Strength
20,000 50 guns	5,000 8 field guns
Casualties and losses
2,300 killed, wounded or missing	200 killed

The Battle of Tugela (or Thukela) Heights, also known as the Battle of Pieters Hill, Battle of the Pieters, or the Battle of the Tugela River, consisted of a series of military actions lasting from 14 February through to 27 February 1900 in which General Sir Redvers Buller's British army forced Louis Botha's Boer army to lift the Siege of Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.