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Interesting Reads

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Interesting Reads

We Wander the Battlefields by Midge Carter

3 May 2018 by Website Admin

We Wander the Battlefields is the fruit of Midge Carter’s life-long passion for the history of the Anglo-Boer and Zulu … Read More

Interesting Reads

Another Blood Soaked Hill in Zululand

3 May 2018 by Website Admin

GUNNER FREDERICK HENRY BRADLEY V.C. Although suffering from the worst drought in decades, one hopes that the rainy season is … Read More

Interesting Reads

The Capture of Winston Churchill

25 April 2018 by Website Admin

THE CAPTURE OF WINSTON CHURCHILL – THE ARMOURED TRAIN INCIDENT. 15 NOVEMBER 1899. “I have had, in the last four … Read More

Interesting Reads

Itala Monument to Valour by M C Carter

1 March 2018 by Website Admin

Twice in less than 23 years, Natal was saved from invasion by the gallant stands made by two small, vastly … Read More

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Frederick Hitch and the defence of Rorkes Drift by M Boucher

1 March 2018 by Website Admin

The story of Rorke’s Drift has often been told and perhaps nowhere so graphically as by Donald R. Morris in … Read More

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The Prince Imperial by Alf Wade

1 March 2018 by Website Admin

This article is the text of a talk to the S.A. Military History Society by Mr Alf Wade, of Vryheid, … Read More

Interesting Reads

Major Barr’s Pilgrimage: An old warrior revisits his Anglo-Boer War Battlefields by Ken Gillings

1 March 2018 by Website Admin

[Scribe’s note – this originally appeared in two parts but is condensed here for continuity] Author’s note: There are, throughout … Read More

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The Lonely Graves of Zululand by H W Kinsey

1 March 2018 by Website Admin

One of the most poignant aspects of the Zulu War is the relatively small number of lonely graves scattered about … Read More

Interesting Reads

The Anglo Zulu War as depicted in Soldiers Letters by Frank Emery

1 March 2018 by Website Admin

In ‘The Red Soldier’ my main purpose was to illustrate the first-hand evidence that lies in a specific course of … Read More

Interesting Reads

Col A W Durnford by SB Bourquin

1 March 2018 by Website Admin

From his service in South Africa over a broken period of eight years, the impression which emerges of Anthony William … Read More

Interesting Reads

The Helpmekaar Duel by Ken Gillings

1 March 2018 by Website Admin

Battles such as Colenso, Ladysmith, Nicholson’s Nek, Spioenkop and others of the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 have consistendy captured the … Read More

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TROOP SERGEANT MAJOR SIMEON KAMBULA, DCM: Natal Native Horse by Dr F K Mitchell, JCD

1 March 2018 by Website Admin

Simeon Kambula had grown up in Edendale, the Methodist Mission Station near Pietermaritzburg. His father, Elijah Kambula had served as … Read More

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Interesting Reads

  • Donegan
    Account by Major J. F. Donegan, RAMC Transcribed and notated by Pat Rundgren31 May 2021
  • Their Royal Highnesses
    The Royal Tour of 19019 February 2021
  • Zulu memorial Isandlwana
    Memorial To The Zulu Dead at Isandlwana by Pat Rundgren9 February 2021
  • Isandlwana – Durnford’s Last Stand – by Pat Rundgren9 February 2021
  • John George Cheere Emmett
    The Man Who Never Spoke About the War by Andre van Ellinckhuyzen9 February 2021

Battlefield Information

  • Advice on Visiting the Battlefields
  • Early Zulu Battles and Historical Sites
  • Voortrekker – Zulu Conflict
  • The Rebellion of Langalibalele 1873
  • The Anglo Zulu War 1879
  • Transvaal War of Independence 1880-1881
  • The Zulu Civil War 1883-1888
  • The South African / Anglo Boer War 1899 – 1902
  • Bhambatha Rebellion
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  • Home
  • Battlefields
    • Advice on Visiting the Battlefields
    • Early Zulu Battles and Historical Sites
    • Voortrekker – Zulu Conflict
    • The Rebellion of Langalibalele 1873
    • The Anglo Zulu War 1879
    • Transvaal War of Independence 1880-1881
    • The Zulu Civil War 1883-1888
    • The South African / Anglo Boer War 1899 – 1902
    • Bhambatha Rebellion
  • Find a Guide
    • By Alphabetic Listing
    • By Base of Operations
      • Dundee / Rorke’s Drift / Isandlwana
      • Durban / Coastal
      • Eshowe / Ulundi / Vryheid / Newcastle
      • Ladysmith / Colenso / Estcourt
      • Pietermartizburg
      • Johannesburg
    • By Speciality
      • National Guides
      • Provincial Guides
      • Site Guides
      • Zulu Culture
      • Wildlife / Birding / Nature
    • Tour Operators
  • Tours
    • Tours
      • Tourist Guide Code of Conduct and Ethics
    • Special Tours
  • Attractions
    • Memorial benches at Rorkes Drift
    • Museums
    • Wildlife & Game Parks
    • Zulu Heritage
  • Towns
  • Battlefield Videos
  • Interesting Reads
    • The Heritage Portal Articles
    • Articles on the Battlefields Area
  • Events
  • Contact