by Allan Gordon | Feb 15, 2020 | Events, South African War 1899 - 1902
On 15 February 1900, Brigadier-General J.R.P. Gordon led his Brigade across this drift which crosses the Modder River. This drift was strategic in the Relief of Kimberley as it outflanked the Boer position and facilitated the British advance.
by Allan Gordon | Feb 14, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
On 12 February 1900 General Buller decided on a new approach to relieve Ladysmith. He would concentrate his efforts on a ring of hills east of Colenso and south of the Tugela River with the objective of taking Hlangwane. The attack of Colonel Dundonald’s cavalry and...
by Allan Gordon | Feb 13, 2020 | Anglo Zulu War, Birthday, On This Day
Lieutenant-General C.F. Clery was born on 13 February 1838. He took part in the Anglo-Zulu War (1879) and was at Isandlwana. He was with Lord Chelmsford on 22 January 1879, looking for the main Zulu army, and thus missed the massacre. During the South...
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...
