Battle of Magersfontein
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The Battle of Magersfontein was fought on 11 December 1899, at Magersfontein, near Kimberley, South Africa, on the borders of the Cape Colony and the independent republic of the Orange Free State. Bri
British troops making their way through a wire entanglement during the battle.
Pontoon bridge built over the Modder River after the railway bridge was destroyed by retreating Boers
Contemporary British sketch of the battle
Present-day view of the trenches looking south from the Boer position towards the British position in the distance
Black Watch
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The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The regiment was created as part of the Childers Reforms in 1881, when the 42nd R
Battle of Magersfontein
…well as a balloon section. The first column was ordered to march directly on the south-western spur of the kopje and on arrival, before dawn, the 2nd Black Watch were to move east of the kopje, where he believed the Boers had a strong-point. He ordered the 2nd Seaforth Highlanders to advance to the south-eastern…
1892 painting of a regimental sentry
Illustration of the regiment after the Battle of Magersfontein
Regimental soldiers firing rifle grenades, 1917
10th (Service) Battalion, Black Watch entrenching in the hills between the villages of Aivatli and Laina above the port of Salonika, Greece, December 1915