by Allan Gordon | Feb 15, 2020 | On This Day, South African War 1899 - 1902
The last Long Tom shells were fired into Kimberley on the morning of 15 February 1901. At about 3pm relief troops were sent to the southeast of Kimberley. By late afternoon the first relief troops entered the town.
by Allan Gordon | Feb 13, 2020 | Anglo Zulu War, Birthday, On This Day
Lieutenant-General C.F. Clery was born on 13 February 1838. He took part in the Anglo-Zulu War (1879) and was at Isandlwana. He was with Lord Chelmsford on 22 January 1879, looking for the main Zulu army, and thus missed the massacre. During the South...
by Allan Gordon | Feb 9, 2020 | Anniversaries, On This Day, South African War 1899 - 1902, Uncategorized
All the Australian infantry had been mounted by 6 February 1900 and the Australian Regiment, which comprised E Squadron, New South Wales Mounted Rifles, 1/Victoria Mounted Rifles, 1/South Australian Mounted Rifles, 1/West Australian Mounted Infantry and 1/Tasmanian...
by Allan Gordon | Feb 9, 2020 | Birthday, On This Day, South African War 1899 - 1902
Major-General R.A.P. Clements was born on 9 February 1855. He enrolled in the British Army late in 1874 and saw action in South Africa during the Anglo-Zulu Wars 1877-1879. During the South African War 1899-1902, Clements was active in the Brandwater basin but is best...
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 Allan Gordon | Feb 7, 2020 | Events, On This Day, South African War 1899 - 1902
On 7 February 1900, 30 000 additional British troops were dispatched to South Africa.
