Bloody Sunday at Paardeberg: Boer War Turning Point
British troops suffered their heaviest single-day casualties of the Second Boer War on Bloody Sunday, the opening assault of the Battle of Paardeberg. Frontal charges against entrenched Boer positions proved catastrophic, but the subsequent siege forced General Piet Cronje's surrender nine days later — the first major British victory after months of demoralizing defeats.
February 18, 1900
126 years ago
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