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The site referred to as the historical battle site of Jan Smuts' Commando near Nqweba (formerly Murraysburg) in the Eastern Cape is associated with the Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902), not 1893. Jan Smuts led a Boer commando raid into the Cape Colony in 1901–1902, reaching as far south as the Murraysburg area. This region marks one of the southernmost points where Boer forces engaged British troops and where Boer casualties occurred during the war. The site includes remnants of a Boer lager (laager) and a house used during the campaign. The exact location is near the town of Nqweba, which was renamed from Murraysburg in 2021. The battle or skirmish here was part of Smuts' broader guerrilla operations aimed at disrupting British supply lines and encouraging Cape Afrikaner rebellion. No major battle occurred at this specific spot, but it is historically significant as a southern limit of Boer military activity.

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