Dimawe�s Fallen

As previously noted, after one or more failed frontal assault on Sechele’s battery atop Botswelakgosi hill, the Boer Commando at Dimawe fell back, with each side resorting to sniping the others positions. Meanwhile hit and run skirmishes continued elsewhere in the area.

At sundown, August 30, 1852, Commandant-General Scholtz ordered his men to return to their laager, leaving the field to Sechele. Under the cover of nightfall, the Mokwena then fell back with his remaining forces to the higher ground at Dithubaruba.

The number of Boers killed at Dimawe is debated.

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