The MagersfonteinMisspelt "Maaghersfontein" in some British texts ( ) battlefield is a site of the

Battle of Magersfontein The Battle of MagersfonteinSpelt incorrectly in various English texts as "Majersfontein", "Maaghersfontein" and "Maagersfontein". ( ) was fought on 11 December 1899, at Magersfontein, near Kimberley, Northern Cape, Kimberley, South Africa, on t ...

(11 December 1899), part of the

Second Boer War The Second Boer War (, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Transvaal War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and ...

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. The battlefield is located at south of

Kimberley Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to: Places and historical events Australia Queensland * Kimberley, Queensland, a coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas South Australia * County of Kimberley, a cadastral unit in South Australia Ta ...

, Northern Cape Province,

and can be reached either via the

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial Aviation, air transport. They usually consist of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surf ...

road (31.5 km), or by national road via the Modder River (47.5 km).

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Geography of the Northern Cape Kimberley, Northern Cape Military and war museums in South Africa Karoo Museums in the Northern Cape {{SouthAfrica-museum-stub