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Random House Struik presents: FIELD GUIDE TO THE BATTLEFIELDS OF SOUTH AFRICA by Nicki Von der Heyde.
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28 November 1899 The Battle of Modder River results in casualties for both Boer and Brit. De la Rey’s son is mortally wounded.
12 Oct 1899 The first shots of the Anglo Boer War are fired at Kraaipan in North West Province.
20 June 1900 General Buller makes slow progress from Natal to fight the Boers in the Transvaal. during the #angloboerwar
22 April 1819 Fledgling town Grahamstown is attacked by 10 000 Xhosa warriors. British garrison survives thanks only to artillery. Fighting continues.
13 April 1900 Boer commandos under Gen Christiaan de Wet launch a night attack on colonial troops in besieged Wepener.
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12 April 1900 President Paul Kruger sends his grandson, Cdt Sarel Eloff, to Mafeking to end the siege. Eloff's attempt fails and Mafeking remains under siege.
5 April 1902 General Jan Smuts’s commandos begin the siege of the mining town of O’Kiep in the northern Cape.
5 April 1902 General Jan Smuts’s commandos begin the siege of the mining town of O’Kiep in the northern Cape.
1 April 1879 The Battle of Gingingdlovu is fought as the British relief column approaches besieged Eshowe #AngloZuluWar
29 March 1879 The Battle of Khambula is fought between British and Zulu in Northern Natal. British army is victorious.
28 March 1879 @Britishbattles British army defeated on Hlobane Mountain by abQulusi and Zulu warriors #AngloZuluWar
25 Jan 1900 Armistice declared on Spioenkop Boers and Brits bury dead on Spioenkop. Winston Churchill, Louis Botha and Mohandas Ghandi were all there.
24 January 1900. The Battle of Spioenkop rages all day. Hundreds of casualties on both sides end in a British withdrawal. scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/vi…
22 Jan 1879. The battle of Isandlwana is fought and won by the Zulus. 1320 British soldiers killed
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6 Jan 1900 Massive battle Platrand in Ladysmith sees Boer attempt to take the town repulsed with heavy losses on both sides.
9 Nov 1899 The Boers launch a severe artillery bombardment on besieged Ladysmith, but many shells have faulty percussion fuses and British casualties are low.
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