<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War" id="mwhw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a>: In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Magersfontein" id="mwiA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Magersfontein">Battle of Magersfontein</a> the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boer" id="mwiQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Boer">Boers</a> commanded by general <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Cronjé" id="mwig" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Piet Cronjé">Piet Cronjé</a> inflict a defeat on the forces of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire" id="mwiw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British Empire">British Empire</a> commanded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Methuen,_3rd_Baron_Methuen" id="mwjA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen">Lord Methuen</a> trying to relieve the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Kimberley" id="mwjQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of Kimberley">Siege of Kimberley</a>.