"Battle of Colenso"@en . "4,500" . "44 guns" . "240 missing" . "The Battle of Colenso was the third and final battle fought during the Black Week of the Second Boer War. It was fought between British and Boer forces from the independent South African Republic and Orange Free State in and around Colenso, Natal, South Africa on 15 December 1899.Inadequate preparation and reconnaissance and uninspired leadership led to a heavy, and in some respects humiliating, British defeat."@en . "10 guns captured" . . "1899-12-15Z"^^ . "143 killed" . . "United Kingdom" . "14,000 infantry" . . . "2,700 mounted troops" . "755 wounded" . "Boer victory" . . .