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 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 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...
by Allan Gordon | Mar 4, 2020 | Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
On 4 March 1900 a British force commanded by Brigadier-General Brabant attacked a Commando of Boers at Labuschagne’s Nek. Labuschagne’s Nek is in the Eastern Cape near the town of Dordrecht, and after the Battle of Stormberg (which is in the same area) in...
by Allan Gordon | Feb 27, 2020 | Battles, First Anglo Boer War
A day which both the Boers and the British remembered for many years after – for different reasons. Read all about it on our Battles – Majuba page (http://www.battletoursza.com/majuba/).
