by Allan Gordon | Mar 7, 2020 | Events, South African War 1899 - 1902
Having been taken prisoner and being an injured, high profile individual, de la Rey found himself in a predicament as to what to do with Methuen. The Boers demanded that Methuen be executed, however de la Rey sent the wounded Methuen to a British hospital in his...
by Allan Gordon | Mar 7, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
On 2 March 1902 Lieutenant-General Methuen left Vryburg with a column to locate Boer General de la Rey who was engaged in guerrilla tactics in the Western Transvaal (now North West). His force comprised over 100 men, with most of them mounted. However many of...
by Allan Gordon | Mar 6, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
Houtwater was a farm in the Northern Cape, 20 km from Britstown. Britstown was established as a ‘stop over’ between Cape Town and Kimberley during the days of the ‘Diamond Rush’. During the South African War Britstown was the base for British Forces, for...
by Allan Gordon | Mar 6, 2020 | Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902
Lieutenant-General Frederick Walter Kitchener died on 6 March 1912. He was the young brother of Lieutenant-General (Lord) Horatio Herbert Kitchener who executed the policy of concentration camps and the scorched earth policy of the South African War, initiated by Lord...
by Allan Gordon | Mar 5, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
Major-General Arthur Singleton Wynne was born on 5 March 1846. He served in the South African War and was given command of the 11th Infantry Brigade when General Woodgate was killed at the Battle of Spioen Kop. His brigade was very active during the Battle of...
