by Allan Gordon | Jul 19, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
Palmietfontein was a farm 20 km west of Petrus Steyn and it was here on 19 July 1900 that the rear-guard of Boer General de Wet’s commando was attacked by the British force under the command of General Broadwood. At the same time Colonel Little engaged the main convoy...
by Allan Gordon | Jul 18, 2020 | Anniversaries, Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
Commandant Jacob Louis van Deventer was born in Ficksburg in the Orange Free State on 18 July 1874. He was a huge man and stood over 6 feet tall. He started his military career with the ZAR Artillery in 1896 and was at the first action of the Boer War, at Kraaipan,...
by Allan Gordon | Jul 17, 2020 | Anglo Zulu War, Anniversaries, Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
Major-General William Penn Symons was born on 17 July 1843 in Cornwall and saw action in the Anglo-Zulu War (1879). He was in charge of all British forces in Natal before the South African War (1899-1902) commenced, but with the additional forces sent out by Britain,...
by Allan Gordon | Jul 16, 2020 | Anniversaries, Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902, Uncategorized
Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer died on 16 July 1932 aged 75. Plumer found himself in Rhodesia when the South African Was (1899-1902) broke out and was in command of the force that relieved Mafeking. In November 1900 he was given command of a force which operated in the...
by Allan Gordon | Jul 16, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
Rietvlei was a farm north-west of Delmas. Early in July 1900 Brigadier-General Porter’s cavalry brigade joined Major-General Hutton’s Division on the nearby farm, Rietvlei. When Major-General French joined them, he took command and made this his headquarters. Early...
