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Battle: Elandslaagte War: The Boer War
Date of the Battle of Elandslaagte: 21st October 1899
General French commander of the British force at the Battle of Elandslaagte on 21st October 1899
Place of the Battle of Elandslaagte: Northern Natal in South Africa
Combatants at the Battle of Elandslaagte: British against the Boers
Commanders at the Battle of Elandslaagte: Major General French and Colonel Ian Hamilton against Commandant Kock.
Size of the armies at the Battle of Elandslaagte: 2,500 British with 18 guns against 1,000 Boers of the Johannesburg Commando with 3 guns.
Uniforms, arms and equipment at the Battle of Elandslaagte: The Boer War was a serious jolt for the British Army. At the outbreak of the war British tactics were appropriate for the use of single shot firearms, fired in volleys controlled by company and battalion officers; the troops fighting in close order. The need for tight formations had been emphasised time and again in colonial fighting. In the and Wars overwhelming enemy numbers armed principally with stabbing weapons were kept at a distance by such tactics, but, as at Isandlwana, would overrun a loosely formed force. These tactics had to be entirely rethought in battle against the Boers armed with modern weapons.
