Battle of Paardeberg
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The Battle of Paardeberg or Perdeberg was a major battle during the Second Anglo-Boer War. It was fought near Paardeberg Drift on the banks of the Modder River in the Orange Free State near Kimberley.
Sketch depicting British and Boer positions at Paardeberg Drift
Cavalry from Major-General John French's division crosses the Modder River on their way to relieve Kimberley
General Piet Cronjé, commander of the Boer forces at Paardeberg Drift
British forces assaulting Boer positions on Bloody Sunday. British mounted infantry are depicted below, with Boer positions seen further in the background.
Second Boer War
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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)