by Allan Gordon | Mar 12, 2020 | Anglo Zulu War, Battles
After the attack on Rorke’s Drift, and an attempted attack by Zulu Impi’s early in February, the German ’settlement’ of Luneberg decided to ‘laager’ their environment. The British sent four companies of the 80th Regiment to help in this regard. In late...
by Allan Gordon | Mar 12, 2020 | Anniversaries, South African War 1899 - 1902
Commandant Christoffel Cornelis Froneman died on this day in 1913. He and General de Wet were part of the Orange Free State Commandos during the South African War and he was with de Wet at Magersfontein and Paardeberg, where he evaded capture. He was part of the Free...
by Allan Gordon | Mar 10, 2020 | Events, South African War 1899 - 1902
On this day in 1900 Commandant Piet Joubert held his last Krijgsraad (War Council) at Glencoe Junction, a railway junction 10 km west of Dundee. He was an ill man and left for Pretoria the following day where he died 17 days later.
by Allan Gordon | Mar 10, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
The Battle of Driefontein on 10 March 1900 followed the Battle of Poplar Grove (7 March 1900) and was the last attempt by the Boers at halting the advance of the British forces on Bloemfontein. Driefontein was a farm in the Orange Free State just south of the Modder...
by Allan Gordon | Mar 10, 2020 | Anniversaries, South African War 1899 - 1902
William Eagleson Gordon was a Captain when he was awarded the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Dwarsvlei on 11 July 1900. He was part of the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders who took part in the battles to relieve Kimberley and was wounded at the Battle of...
