Scene of the most futile, certainly the bloodiest, of the four battles fought in an effort to relieve Ladysmith. Spioenkop was captured but later abandoned as it was dominated by Boer fire.
The Zulu ancestors first settled in Zululand in the late 17 century in the valley of the Mhlathuze...
The scene of the third unsuccessful attempt by Gen. Buller, which was then abandoned because of...
After the defeat at both Laing's nek and lngogo, Colley urgently had to look at other tactics....
General Buller's fourth attempt was successful. It began on 14 February and during the next few...
General Joubert's force of about 20 000 men, slowly but surely advanced on Ladysmith and placed...
A Boer commando of about 1 200 men with three guns had ensconced itself among some hills near the...
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