Battle of the Tugela Heights
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The Battle of Tugela Heights, also known as the Battle of Pieters Hill, Battle of the Pieters, or the Battle of the Tugela River, consisted of a series of military actions lasting from 14 February thr
British Forces storming Pieters Hill on February 27 and advancing to Ladysmith
A 4.7-inch naval gun firing on Boer positions on Pieter's Hill
Redvers Buller
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General Sir Redvers Henry Buller,, was a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He served as Commander-
Battle of the Tugela Heights
…or the Battle of the Tugela River, consisted of a series of military actions lasting from 14 February through to 27 February 1900 in which General Sir Redvers Buller's British army forced Louis Botha's Boer army to lift the Siege of Ladysmith during the Second Boer War. Buller's army had made three earlier attempts…
VC Redvers Henry Buller
"Downes, seat of James Buller Esq", watercolour by Rev. John Swete, dated 1797
Buller's VC action, painted by H. Montagu Love (1905)
1905 bronze Equestrian statue of Sir Redvers Buller in Exeter, by Adrian Jones