It was fought Hostile_encounter near `` Paardeberg Drift '' on the banks of the Modder River in the Orange Free State near Kimberley .

Battles Hostile_encounter were fought Hostile_encounter on this front at Graspan , Belmont , Modder River before the advance Self_motion was halted Process_end for two months after the British defeat at the Battle Hostile_encounter of Magersfontein .

The British had already fought Quarreling a series of battles Hostile_encounter with the Boers , most recently at Modder River , where the advance Self_motion was temporarily halted Preventing_or_letting .

Following their defeat , the British delayed Hindering at the Modder River for another two months while reinforcements were brought Bringing forward .