by Allan Gordon | Feb 11, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
Early on the morning of 11 February 1900 a British contingent under Lieutenant-Colonel de Lisle attacked a Boer position on the hills adjacent to the farm Wolvekraal. The Boers, under the command of Kommandants Hertzog and Jacobsz from the Fauriesmith Kommando turned...
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 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.
by Allan Gordon | Feb 7, 2020 | Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren was born on 7 February 1840. In addition to being known as a military man, he was an archaeologist of Temple Mount in the Holy land. He also became Chief of Police during the latter 1880’s, in the same timeline as the Jack the...
by Allan Gordon | Feb 6, 2020 | Events, On This Day, South African War 1899 - 1902
On this day in 1902 the hunt for the Boer General, Christiaan de Wet, who had become a thorn in the side of the British, began in earnest. De Wet had evaded the pursuing forces in the Cape.
