Eyre Crabbe
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Brigadier-General Eyre Macdonnell Stewart Crabbe, CB was a Grenadier Guards officer who fought in the Sudan campaign to rescue General Gordon and in the Second Boer War.
Officers of the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, in their mess at Modder River, South Africa, 1900. The battalion's CO, Lieutenant Colonel Crabbe, is sat on the far right.
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
Eyre Crabbe
…in October 1899. He was wounded at the Battle of Belmont in November 1899 and mentioned in despatches, but was back with his battalion in time for the Battle of Magersfontein in December. In March 1900 his battalion took part in the march on Bloemfontein and the pacification of the Orange Free State. He escorted Piet Cronjé…
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