<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army" id="mwrA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British Army">British Army</a> forces are defeated at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Colenso" id="mwrQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Colenso">Battle of Colenso</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natal_(province)" id="mwrg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Natal (province)">Natal</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" id="mwrw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>, the third and final battle fought during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Week" id="mwsA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Black Week">Black Week</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War" id="mwsQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a>.<sup about="#mwt85" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-14"}}' id="cite_ref-14" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_15#cite_note-14" id="mwsg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 14;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwsw">[14]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-14"><cite about="#mwt82" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFBunting2017">Bunting, Tony (2017). "Colenso". In Grant, R.G. (ed.). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=2ZNADwAAQBAJ" id="mwBtk" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwBto">1001 Battles That Changed the Course of World History</i></a>. New York: Chartwell Books. p.<span id="mwBts" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>683. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwBtw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwBt0" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9780785835530" id="mwBt4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9780785835530"><bdi id="mwBt8">9780785835530</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt82" class="Z3988" id="mwBuA" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Colenso&amp;rft.btitle=1001+Battles+That+Changed+the+Course+of+World+History&amp;rft.place=New+York&amp;rft.pages=683&amp;rft.pub=Chartwell+Books&amp;rft.date=2017&amp;rft.isbn=9780785835530&amp;rft.aulast=Bunting&amp;rft.aufirst=Tony&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D2ZNADwAAQBAJ&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+15"></span></span>