by Allan Gordon | Jun 2, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
Jamestown is a town in the Eastern Cape which was occupied by Commandant Kritzinger on 2 June 1901. Kritzinger had recently re-entered the Cape and was conducting successful hit and run activities in the area. The action at Jamestown enabled his commando to resupply...
by Allan Gordon | May 31, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
After the fall of Kroonstad, Lindley became the seat of the Free State Government, however, the town changed hands a few times, between Boers and British, during the month of May 1900. At the end of May 1900, the Boers under General Piet de Wet occupied Lindley...
by Allan Gordon | May 28, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
Kheis was a farm in the Northern Cape (close to the present day town of Groblershoop) on the banks of the Orange River. During the early months of 1900 the Free State Boers were active in the area recruiting rebels to take up arms against the British. The British...
by Allan Gordon | May 25, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
Mooifontein was a farm almost mid-way between Bethal and Standerton. Commandants Ben Viljoen and Mears decided to attack a British convoy, commanded by General Plummer, which was on its way from Bethal to Standerton. The convoy comprising wagons and cattle, was...
by Allan Gordon | May 20, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
In early May 1900 Lieutenant-Colonel Bethune was sent with his column to clear the area around Nqutu (about 60 km east of Dundee) of Boers. On 18 May he heard that the town of Vryheid (north of Nqutu) was unoccupied and he decided to occupy the town. On 20 May, on...
by Allan Gordon | May 18, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
The British forces were on the move northwards and Lieutenant-Colonel Pilcher had engaged a Boer commando on 16 May at Hofman’s Drift, about 35 km north of the Free State town, Hopetown. In this engagement the British suffered a number of casualties, and they decided...
