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Skietberg Boer Laager near Colesberg was a fortified artillery position used by Boer forces during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902). In early 1900, the Boers established a laager (a defensive encampment) on Skietberg, a hill overlooking the town of Colesberg in the Northern Cape. The site served as an artillery battery, housing field guns such as the Krupp 75mm or similar pieces, to bombard British positions in and around Colesberg. The Boer forces under General Piet Cronjé or local commandants used this elevated position to control the surrounding plains and disrupt British supply lines along the railway. The laager was part of the broader Colesberg campaign, where Boer commandos engaged British troops under General John French in a series of skirmishes from November 1899 to February 1900. The British eventually forced the Boers to abandon the position after the relief of Kimberley and the advance toward Bloemfontein.
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