Battle of the Tugela

GPTKB entity

Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battle
gptkbp:aftermath Continued Boer resistance
gptkbp:casualties High for both sides
gptkbp:celebrates Memorials_in_South_Africa
gptkbp:commander gptkb:General_Piet_Joubert
gptkb:General_Sir_Redvers_Buller
gptkbp:culturalImpact Influenced literature and art
gptkbp:date December 15, 1899
gptkbp:duration Several days
gptkbp:electronic_warfare Artillery
gptkbp:followedBy Battle of Spion Kop
gptkbp:historical_analysis Studied in military history courses
gptkbp:historicalContext Colonial_conflicts_in_Southern_Africa
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Influenced_future_British_military_strategy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of the Tugela
gptkbp:keyFigures gptkb:Major_General_Hutton
gptkb:General_Buller
gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkb:Lord_Roberts
gptkb:Colonel_H._W._H._Smith-Dorrien
gptkb:Colonel_Brabant
gptkb:Colonel_Kekewich
gptkb:General_Joubert
gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_Thorneycroft
Colonel_Long
gptkbp:location Tugela_River,_South_Africa
gptkbp:mediaCoverage Contemporary_newspaper_reports
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Duke_of_Cornwall's_Light_Infantry
gptkb:Transvaal_Horse_Artillery
gptkb:Royal_Irish_Fusiliers
gptkb:Imperial_Light_Horse
gptkbp:notableBattle Battle of Ladysmith
Battle of Paardeberg
Battle of Magersfontein
gptkbp:outcome Delayed_British_advance
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Second_Boer_War
gptkbp:precededBy Battle of Colenso
gptkbp:primaryMission Official military reports
Soldier diaries
Photographs from the battle
gptkbp:result Boer victory
gptkbp:significance gptkb:Strategic_victory_for_the_Boers
gptkbp:strategicGoals Control of railways
gptkbp:supportRole gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:South_African_Republic
gptkbp:tactics Trench_warfare