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On 15 December 1899 Irish units of the Boer army faced the Dublin Fusiliers, Connaught Rangers and the Inniskillings in the Battle of Colenso in Natal, South Africa. The battle was the third and final battle fought during the Black Week of the Second Boer War. The British lost 143 killed, 756 wounded, and 220 captured in the battle. Boer casualties were eight killed and 30 wounded.
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