Battle of Mushroom Valley

Battle of Mushroom Valley
	Part of the Maritz Rebellion
	; South African General Christian Beyers troops surrender at the Vaal River, December 8, 1914.
Date	November 12, 1914
Location	18 miles (28.96 km) southeast of Winburg, Union of South Africa
Result	British victory
Belligerents
British Empire; Union of South Africa	South African Republic
Commanders and leaders
Louis Botha; Tobias Smuts; Henry Lukin; Coen Brits; Col. Myburgh; Col. Brant	Christiaan de Wet; Christian Beyers; Jan Kemp
Units involved
Union Defence Force	Various members of several Kommando units and Maritz sympathizers
Strength
~2,000 soldiers; 2 Armored Cars; 2 Lewis Machine Guns; 2 Batteries of the Cape Field Artillery	2—3,000 Kommandos; 2 Cars; ~500 Horses
Casualties and losses
11 killed; 24 wounded	22+ killed; 22+ wounded; 282-300 captured; 500+ Horses captured

The Battle of Mushroom Valley (Afrikaans: Slag van Mushroom Valley) was a skirmish which occurred during the Maritz Rebellion on November 12, 1914 northeast of Bloemfontein and southwest of Winburg. The battle is noted as being the very last battle that Christiaan de Wet fought as the commander of a Boer commando.