by Allan Gordon | Aug 12, 2020 | Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902, Uncategorized
Major-General Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien died on 12 August 1930 aged 72. He arrived in Durban in mid-December 1899 and was put in command of the 19th Brigade. In February 1900 he was promoted to Major-General, making him one of the youngest Generals in the British...
by Allan Gordon | Jul 16, 2020 | Anniversaries, Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902, Uncategorized
Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer died on 16 July 1932 aged 75. Plumer found himself in Rhodesia when the South African Was (1899-1902) broke out and was in command of the force that relieved Mafeking. In November 1900 he was given command of a force which operated in the...
by Allan Gordon | Jul 11, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902, Uncategorized
With Johannesburg and Pretoria falling so easily to the British, many Boers from the old Transvvaal/ZAR decided to lay down their arms and return to their farms. The Boer Generals had to do something to reverse this sense of despondency so three attacks were planned...
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...
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...
