General Buller’s advance to the Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga) was progressing according to plan. Botha’s Pass had been cleared on 8 June 1900, and the Boers had retreated from their position at Laing’s Nek having first destroyed the tunnel on the pass. Early on the morning of 11 June the British found the Boers preparing a position at Alleman’s Nek, on the road to Vrede, about 20 km west of Volksrust. The British mounted an attack on both flanks of the pass, and with the use of over 30 guns managed to dislodge the Boer commandos. Late that afternoon, a frontal attack ensured a Boer retreat. The British losses were 25 killed and 120 wounded.
