by Allan Gordon | Apr 3, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
Reddersburg is a town 60 km south of Bloemfontein. Commandant Christiaan de Wet, with his spoils from Sanna’s Post, was moving southwards. On 2 April 1900, 600 troops of the Royal Irish Rifles left Dewetsdorp, bound for Reddersburg. The following morning (3...
by Allan Gordon | Apr 1, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
This battle is also referred to as the Battle of Boschmanskop due to the fact that the British who initiated the attack on the Boers, were based at the farm Boschmanskop. The British force under Lieutenant-Colonel Fanshawe, led by some National Scouts surprised a Boer...
by Allan Gordon | Mar 31, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
This battle is also referred to as the Battle of Koorn Spruit as well as Korn Spruit – the wording in the citations relating to the VC’s awarded at the battle. The Boers were demoralised following the surrender of Commandant Cronje at Paardeberg, and...
by Allan Gordon | Mar 29, 2020 | Anglo Zulu War, Battles
The site of the battle of Kambula is about 10 km north of the present day town of Vryheid in KwaZulu-Natal and took place on 29 March 1879 ( the day after the battle of Hlobane). Colonel Wood had about 2 000 men under his command, manning a laager, kraal and redoubt,...
by Allan Gordon | Mar 28, 2020 | Anglo Zulu War, Battles
In March 1879 two of the three British columns engaged in the Anglo-Zulu War had received set-backs. One had been defeated at Isandlwana and the other was under siege at Eshowe. The Battle of Hlobane, near the present day town of Vryheid in KwaZulu-Natal, South...
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...
