by Allan Gordon | Feb 28, 2020 | Anniversaries, South African War 1899 - 1902
Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Edmond Knox was born on this day. During the South African War he was part of the force that relieved Kimberley. Thereafter he was at Paardeberg where he was wounded on 18 February 1900.
by Allan Gordon | Feb 28, 2020 | Events, South African War 1899 - 1902
On 28 February 1900 the Boer commanders ordered their troops to withdraw to the Biggarsberg, a mountain range close to the town of Dundee – the Battle of Talana. The Boers were able to regroup as the British forces did not go in pursuit.
by Allan Gordon | Feb 27, 2020 | Anniversaries, Deaths, First Anglo Boer War
Major-General George Pomeroy Colley was killed on 27 February 1881 at Majuba Hill during the final battle of the First Anglo-Boer War. He was 45 years old and in command of the force that had occupied Majuba during the night prior to the battle.
by Allan Gordon | Feb 27, 2020 | Battles, First Anglo Boer War
A day which both the Boers and the British remembered for many years after – for different reasons. Read all about it on our Battles – Majuba page (http://www.battletoursza.com/majuba/).
by Allan Gordon | Feb 27, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
On the morning of 27 February 1900, the British plan was a final assault on a number of hills on the outskirts of Ladysmith. Major-General Barton was to take Pieters Hill, the most north-easterly of the three. Colonel Kitchener was to take the centre Hill...
