Palmietfontein was a farm 8 km north of Dullstroom.
In late March 1901 the British put plans in place to capture Boer General Ban Viljoen. Lieutenant-General Blood was put in command of this initiative and had six columns and 10 000 men under his command. Columns were sent to different areas of the District to either engage Viljoen, or to cut off his routes of escape. The column under Colonel Douglas was in the Dullstroom area when it was attacked by General Muller, Commandant Taute and Viljoen. After a late afternoon engagement, the Boers being outnumbered, retired during the night.
There is no mention in any documentation I have about the number of casualties, however, the bodies of the Hussars killed in the battle are buried in the cemetery 3 km out of Dullstroom on the road to Lydenburg.
