by Allan Gordon | Mar 26, 2020 | Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902
Cecil John Rhodes died on 26 March 1902 in Muizenberg, just outside Cape Town, South Africa. He was a sickly child and was sent to South Africa in his late teens in the hope that the climate would improve his health. When diamonds were discovered in Kimberley he was...
by Allan Gordon | Mar 25, 2020 | Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902
On 25 March 1903 Major-General Hector MacDonald died, taking his own life. He fought in the First Boer War and was present at the Battle of Majuba. He arrived in South Africa soon after the British disaster at Magersfontein – South African War 1899-1902. At...
by Allan Gordon | Mar 24, 2020 | Events, South African War 1899 - 1902
On 24 March 1901 de la Rey’s Commando was engaged by General Babbington’s column at Wildfontein, a farm 20 km East of Coligny. De la Rey was forced to abandon his laager, a huge loss that included two ’15 pounders’, one of which was captured at Colenso and...
by Allan Gordon | Mar 23, 2020 | Events, First Anglo Boer War
On 23 March 1881 the Peace Treaty ending the First Anglo-Boer was signed at O’Neill’s Cottage, after three weeks of negotiations between the Boer Leaders and the British. The cottage was the home of Eugene O’Neill.
by Allan Gordon | Mar 22, 2020 | Anniversaries, South African War 1899 - 1902
George de Villebois-Mareuil was born on 22 March 1847 in France. He had a distinguished military career in France, being decorated for bravery in 1871. On his own request he was placed on military reserve in France aged 47. He joined up with the Boers in 1899 and saw...
