by Allan Gordon | Feb 17, 2020 | Events, South African War 1899 - 1902
The events leading up to the Battle of Paardeberg and the capture of Boer General Piet Cronje started on this day. Cronje was retreating with his forces and a large convoy of wagons from the Northern Cape towards Bloemfontein. On 17 February 1900 he reached the...
by Allan Gordon | Feb 17, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
Following on from the success at Hussars Hill, General Buller’s next objective was Cingolo Hill. On the morning of 17 February 1900 Major-General Lyttleton attacked Cingolo Nek, whilst Colonel Dundonald and General Hildyard attacked Cingolo Hill. By that evening, both...
by Allan Gordon | Feb 16, 2020 | Events, South African War 1899 - 1902
After the Battle of Modder River, Commandant-General Piet Cronje laagered his force at Brown’s Drift, a drift which crosses the Modder River near the western border of the Orange Free State. He stayed there until 14 February 1900, when, because of the advancing...
by Allan Gordon | Feb 16, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
Dronfield is a station just north of Kimberley, on the line to Mafeking. To the east of the station is a ridge – Dronfield Ridge, which was occupied by the Boers at the beginning of the siege of Kimberley. On 24 October 1899, the Boers were driven off the lodge by a...
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.
