1900 1901 1902 The Battle of Bakenlaagte in Eastern Transvaal, South Africa, occurred on 30 October 1901 during the guerrilla phase of Anglo-Boer war of 1899–1902.

The battle saw the Eastern Transvaal Boer commandos of Generals Johan Grobler, Coen Brits, Piet Viljoen and Louis Botha attack the rearguard of Colonel Benson's much feared No.

Rainy and misty weather had reduced visibility and made the going difficult which caused the marching British column to become spread out into clusters of troops.

General Botha arrived with about 800 reinforcements after riding about 40 kilometres (25 mi) without stopping, on arrival, Botha observed that the strung-out column provided an ideal opportunity for an overwhelming force to roll up the isolated and spread-out groups of Commonwealth troops piecemeal and immediately ordered a large Boer force of mounted men to attack the small isolated rearguard of the column.

This rearguard action allowed the main column time to deploy and set up a defensive perimeter under Lt Colonel Wools-Sampson.