by Patrick Armstrong | Feb 8, 2020 | Battles, First Anglo Boer War, On This Day
This battle, also known as the Battle of Ingogo, was fought north of Newcastle, Natal on 8 February 1881, after the Battle of Laing’s Nek. British ox-wagon supply convoys and general communication patrols on the Newcastle-Mount Prospect road were being...
by Patrick Armstrong | Feb 5, 2020 | Battles, On This Day, South African War 1899 - 1902
General Buller was soundly defeated in his first two attempts to relieve the Ladysmith siege; first at Colenso on 15 December 1899 and then at Spioen Kop on 24 January 1900. He incurred over 3 000 casualties and the Boers only a few hundred. Buller’s third...
by Patrick Armstrong | Feb 5, 2020 | Activities, On This Day, South African War 1899 - 1902
Guided by National Scouts, part of Colonels Kekewich and Hickie’s force, consisting of 634 men with a pom-pom, under Major H.P. Leader, surprised a laager of Commandant Sarel Alberts at Gruisfontein, 24 km east of Lichtenburg. The Boers’ losses were eight men...
by Patrick Armstrong | Jan 28, 2020 | Battles, First Anglo Boer War
The First Anglo-Boer War was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881 between Britain and the Boers of the Transvaal. The Battle of Laing’s Nek was the first battle. The British Natal Field Force, commanded by General Colley, comprised of 1 216 officers and...
by Patrick Armstrong | Jan 24, 2020 | Battles, On This Day
Following his failure to relieve Ladysmith at the Battle of Colenso, General Buller’s next attempt was to approach the besieged town using Springfield village as a concentration area. While delegating this task to his second-in-command, General Warren, Buller...
