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 Patrick Armstrong | Feb 8, 2020 | Battles, First Anglo Boer War, On This Day
This battle, also known as the Battle of Ingogo, was fought north of Newcastle, Natal on 8 February 1881, after the Battle of Laing’s Nek. British ox-wagon supply convoys and general communication patrols on the Newcastle-Mount Prospect road were being...
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.
