Spion Kop Battlefield
713 | 24 January 1900 Certainly the most futile and bloodiest of five battles fought in an effort to relieve … Read More
Spearman’s Military Cemetery
714 | On R600 between Ladysmith and Winterton. Near the site of No 4 Stationary Hospital during Gen Sir Redvers … Read More
Chieveley Military Cemetery
715 | Site of No 4 Stationary Hospital. Burial place of Field Marshal Lord Roberts’s son Lt. Freddie Roberts. Turn … Read More
Vaalkrans Battlefield
716 | 5-7 February 1900 Fourth unsuccessful attempt by Gen. Buller to relieve Ladysmith. Scene of the British feint movement … Read More
Battle of uThukela (Tugela) Heights
717 | 12-28 February 1900 In a massive combined operation General Buller’s troops fought numerous battles on the south bank … Read More
Helpmekaar Battlesite
718 | 13 May 1900 British forces broke through the Boer line in Biggarsberg Resulting in the British recapturing Dundee. … Read More
Botha’s Pass Battlefield
719 | 8 June 1900 On 8 June 1900 Gen Buller advanced some 22 000 men and 26 guns against … Read More
Alleman’s Nek Battlefield
720 | This was the battle where the British forces under Gen. Buller finally broke through the Boer forces and … Read More
Scheepersnek Battlefield
721 | 20 May 1900 75 Swaziland Police and Vryheid burghers were stationed here. During a church service a Squadron … Read More
Lancaster Hill
722 | 11-12 December 1900 The hill overlooking Vryheid was occupied by 900 men of the Lancaster Regt who fortified … Read More
Capt.Pokrowski Memorial and Wall of Remembrance
723 | 25 December 1900 25 December 1900. Memorial to Polish officer in the Russian army, who died fighting in … Read More
Blood River Poort Battlefield
724 | 17 September 1901 Battle fought during Gen Louis Botha’s second invasion of Natal. A British Squadron attacked a … Read More