by Allan Gordon | May 31, 2020 | Anniversaries, Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
Major-General Edward Brabant was born on this day in 1839. In November 1899 he raised a local Regiment known as Brabant’s Horse to fight in the South African War. His command included the Cape Mounted Rifles, the Kaffrarian Rifles, and the Queenstown...
by Allan Gordon | May 31, 2020 | Events, South African War 1899 - 1902
After crossing the Vaal River into the old Transvaal Republic the British objective was to capture Johannesburg. On 30 May the Boers were defeated at the Battle of Doornkop in the western suburbs of Johannesburg. The Boers were also forced to retreat from the town of...
by Allan Gordon | May 31, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
After the fall of Kroonstad, Lindley became the seat of the Free State Government, however, the town changed hands a few times, between Boers and British, during the month of May 1900. At the end of May 1900, the Boers under General Piet de Wet occupied Lindley...
by Allan Gordon | May 28, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
Kheis was a farm in the Northern Cape (close to the present day town of Groblershoop) on the banks of the Orange River. During the early months of 1900 the Free State Boers were active in the area recruiting rebels to take up arms against the British. The British...
by Allan Gordon | May 26, 2020 | Anniversaries, Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
Major-General Frederick Walter Kitchener was born on 26 May 1858, eight years after his more famous brother, Herbert. Better known as Walter, he took part in the Relief of Ladysmith. During the guerrilla phase of the war he commanded troops in the Western Transvaal...
