Second Battle of Colenso
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The Second Battle of Colenso, also known as 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 fro
Quick firing 120 mm (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"
Battle of Spion Kop
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The Battle of Spion Kop was a military engagement between British forces and two Boer Republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, during the campaign by the British to relieve the
Second Battle of Colenso
…reduced to two brigades. Over the next month, Buller made his original intended flank march to Potgieter's Drift, but this ended with the disastrous Battle of Spion Kop, and he then failed again at the Battle of Vaal Krantz. Eventually he returned to Colenso, and forced his way over the Tugela in the Battle of the…
Boers at Spion Kop, 1900.
Hillside of Spionkop with two Boer soldiers
Kommandant H. F. Prinsloo
Lt.Col. A. W. Thorneycroft