The Battle of Colenso was the third and final battle fought during the Black Week of the Second Boer War. It was fought between British and Boer forces from the independent South African Republic and Orange Free State in and around Colenso, Natal, South Africa on 15 December 1899.
Quick firing 4.7 inch gun in action at Colenso
Battlefield of Colenso on Dec 15, 1899 just before the battle. 1: General Louis Botha's Commandos 2: Boksburg Commando 3: Village of Colenso 4: Krugersdorp Commando 5: Wakkerstroom Commando 6: Ermelo Commando 7: Swaziland Police 8: Ermelo Commando 9: British Camp, Chievely 10: Tugela River
"Saving the guns at Colenso"
The Second Boer War, also known as the Boer War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics over the Empire's influence in Southern Africa.
(A typical British soldier) Corporal Alexander Duncan Turnbull of Kitchener's Fighting Scouts
Boer victory over the British at the Battle of Majuba Hill, First Boer War, 1881
A sketch showing the arrest of Jameson after the failed raid, in 1896
Paul Kruger, leader of the South African Republic (Transvaal)