by Allan Gordon | Mar 10, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
The Battle of Driefontein on 10 March 1900 followed the Battle of Poplar Grove (7 March 1900) and was the last attempt by the Boers at halting the advance of the British forces on Bloemfontein. Driefontein was a farm in the Orange Free State just south of the Modder...
by Allan Gordon | Mar 10, 2020 | Anniversaries, South African War 1899 - 1902
William Eagleson Gordon was a Captain when he was awarded the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Dwarsvlei on 11 July 1900. He was part of the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders who took part in the battles to relieve Kimberley and was wounded at the Battle of...
by Allan Gordon | Mar 7, 2020 | Events, South African War 1899 - 1902
Having been taken prisoner and being an injured, high profile individual, de la Rey found himself in a predicament as to what to do with Methuen. The Boers demanded that Methuen be executed, however de la Rey sent the wounded Methuen to a British hospital in his...
by Allan Gordon | Mar 7, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
On 2 March 1902 Lieutenant-General Methuen left Vryburg with a column to locate Boer General de la Rey who was engaged in guerrilla tactics in the Western Transvaal (now North West). His force comprised over 100 men, with most of them mounted. However many of...
by Allan Gordon | Mar 6, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
Houtwater was a farm in the Northern Cape, 20 km from Britstown. Britstown was established as a ‘stop over’ between Cape Town and Kimberley during the days of the ‘Diamond Rush’. During the South African War Britstown was the base for British Forces, for...
by Allan Gordon | Mar 6, 2020 | Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902
Lieutenant-General Frederick Walter Kitchener died on 6 March 1912. He was the young brother of Lieutenant-General (Lord) Horatio Herbert Kitchener who executed the policy of concentration camps and the scorched earth policy of the South African War, initiated by Lord...
