The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Elands_River_(1900)" id="mwuA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Elands River (1900)">Battle of Elands River</a> during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.