by Allan Gordon | Oct 24, 2020 | Anniversaries, Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
After the Battle of Talana the British troops decided to leave Dundee and make their way to Ladysmith. Major-General Yule commanded the force after the death of General Penn-Symons. Lieutenant-General White who commanded the garrison at Ladysmith decided to send out a...
by Allan Gordon | Oct 23, 2020 | Anniversaries, Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902
Major-General William Penn-Symons was a British Army officer who was mortally wounded as he commanded his forces at the Battle of Talana Hill during the South African War (1899-1902). Although the British won the battle, having suffered considerable casualties and...
by Allan Gordon | Oct 22, 2020 | Anniversaries, Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
Jacobus Hercules de la Rey was born on 22 October 1847 on a farm in Winburg, a town in the then Free State Republic. After the Battle of Boomplaats (August 1848), the family farm was confiscated by the British and the family trekked into the Transvaal and settled in...
by Allan Gordon | Oct 21, 2020 | Anniversaries, Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
Whilst the Boers were attacking the British garrison at Dundee (Battle of Talana), a Boer force under General Johannes Kock occupied the railway station at Elandslaagte cutting the communications between the main British force at Ladysmith and Dundee. Elandslaagte was...
by Allan Gordon | Oct 20, 2020 | Anniversaries, Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
The Battle of Talana, which was the first set piece battle of the South African War (1899-1902) was fought just outside Dundee in Natal on 20 October 1899. At dawn Boer Commandos had occupied the hills of Talana and Impati north of Dundee. The British infantry, on...
by Allan Gordon | Oct 20, 2020 | Anniversaries, Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902
Pieter Hendrik Kritzinger died on 20 October 1930 aged 60. At the outbreak of the South African War (1899-1902) he was a burgher in the Rouxville Commando and saw action at the Battles of Stormberg and Sanna’s Post. When the guerrilla phase of the war commenced...
