by Allan Gordon | Apr 8, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
Hartenbosch was a farm in the Orange Free State, 90 km north of Bloemfontein in the Bultfontein district. A British patrol under Major Luard were in the area when they were attacked by Commandant Badenhorst’s Commando on their return to Bultfontein. In the...
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 6, 2020 | Anniversaries, South African War 1899 - 1902
Barry Hertzog, as he was known, was born on 6 April 1866 and was a general in the South African War. He fought with distinction during the guerrilla phase of the war. After the signing of the Peace Treaty of Vereeniging, he became a political opponent of both Louis...
by Allan Gordon | Apr 6, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
Zeekoegat was a farm south-east of Graaf-Reinet in the eastern Cape. Graaf-Reinet was a town, used by the British, as a base from which they started out in their searches for the various Boer Commandos operating in the area. On 6 April 1901 Commandant Scheepers...
by Allan Gordon | Apr 5, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
Tweefontein was a farm 10 km south-east of the town of Boshof in the Orange Free State, which is town in the western Free State, about 50 km from Kimberley. Colonel Villebois-Mareuil (also known as The French Colonel) had just been made Veg-Generaal of the ‘foreigner’...
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...
