by Allan Gordon | May 15, 2020 | Events, South African War 1899 - 1902
In April 1902 safe passage was given to Boer leaders who met in Klerksdorp to discuss the possibility of opening discussions with the British. Three days later a senior Boer delegation travelled to Pretoria and met with General Kitchener at Melrose House where they...
by Allan Gordon | Apr 24, 2020 | Battles, Events, South African War 1899 - 1902
On this day the Siege of Wepener, which had lasted for 16 days, was about to be lifted. The Boer Commandos who supported General de Wet’s force of over 6 000 Boers were under the command of Commandants Wessels, Haasbroek, de Villiers and Olivier, and during the...
by Allan Gordon | Apr 22, 2020 | Events, South African War 1899 - 1902
Neither the Boers or the British were making any ‘headway’ at the engagement at Wakkerstroom (refer Blog 20 April). On 22 April 1900 the Derbyshire’s were making their way to the shelter of a farm, when Corporal Beets realised a fellow soldier had been wounded. He...
by Allan Gordon | Apr 8, 2020 | Events, South African War 1899 - 1902
On 8 April 1900, Boer Commandos under the command of Commandant Christiaan de Wet commenced the Siege of Wepener. Colonel Dalgety was in command of the garrison of British and South African colonial forces.
by Allan Gordon | Apr 6, 2020 | Events, South African War 1899 - 1902
The British had been pursuing commandos in the Cape for the entire length of the guerrilla phase of the war, none more so than Commandant Kritzinger. In December 1901 he was cornered and in a skirmish, injured and taken prisoner. He was imprisoned...
by Allan Gordon | Apr 4, 2020 | Events, South African War 1899 - 1902, Uncategorized
O’Kiep is a town in the remote area of the North Western Cape and at the time of the South African War was the site of one of the richest Copper ore mines in the world. More than 700 British soldiers were besieged by Boer General Jan Smuts and his commando for 30...
