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Kloof Camp was a British military encampment established near Colesberg in the Northern Cape during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902). In early 1900, British forces under General Sir John French used the area around Colesberg as a base for operations against Boer commandos led by General Piet Cronjé and others. The camp included an artillery battery, likely equipped with field guns such as 12-pounder or 15-pounder breech-loaders, used to support infantry movements and counter Boer artillery. The site was part of the broader Colesberg campaign, which involved skirmishes and sieges as the British sought to secure the railway line and advance into the Boer republics. The exact location and remains of Kloof Camp are not well-documented, but it reflects the typical temporary fortified positions used by the British during the war.
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