by Wolfgang Witschas | Aug 19, 2026 | SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Anglo-Boer War (1899 - 1902), British Army in Colonial South Africa, British Concentration Camps
Mercy Dogs of World War I and World War II Compiled by Wolfgang Witschas Abstract Mercy Dogs also known as ambulance dogs, Red Cross dogs, casualty dogs and Sanitätshunde by the Germans, were dogs that served in a paramedical role and played a crucial role in both...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 20, 2026 | Anglo-Boer War (1899 - 1902), 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Agtertang & Slingerfontein, British Army in Colonial South Africa, Foreign Armies / Buitelandse Weermagte, Military History, SA Military History
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 –ABW Agtertang & Slingerfontein Abstract This chapter examines two linked engagements during the Colesberg campaign of early 1900: the skirmish at Agtertang Station on 3 January and the Battle of Slingerfontein on 9–10 January. British forces...
by Hennie Heymans | May 31, 2026 | British Army in Colonial South Africa, 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Anglo-Boer War (1899 - 1902), Animals in War Memorial Wall, Colenso, CULTURE - PRESERVING, Military History, SA Military History, Sir Winston Churchill, Staute: Horses Anglo Boer War
Horses: ABW – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6 Horses: ABW – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6 A TRIBUTE TO THE WAR HORSES – THE UNSEEN HEROES OF THE ANGLO BOER WAR JennyB Horses played an integral and devastatingly costly role in the Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902). An estimated 500,000 horses were...
by Hennie Heymans | May 18, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Anglo-Boer War (1899 - 1902), British Army in Colonial South Africa, Historical photos, Magersfontein, Military History, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Magersfontein – Nongqai Vol 17 No 5 6. BATTLE MAGERSFONTEIN. – Boer Ambush. Jennifer Bosch THE PRINCIPAL COMMANDERS OF BLACK WEEK’S 2ND BATTLE. LORD METHUEN (Paul) – Commander of the British force advancing toward Kimberley; he planned and...
by Hennie Heymans | May 14, 2026 | African Battlegrounds, Anglo-Boer War (1899 - 1902), Armoured Trains: Rhodesia, Foreign Armies / Buitelandse Weermagte, INSURGENCIES IN AFRICA, RAILWAYS IN WAR, Rhodesian Army, Rhodesian Conflict, Rhodesian Railways in Wartime, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Terrorism in Africa, TERRORISME/TERRORISME
Rhodesian Railways at War – Nongqai Vol 17 No 5B RHODESIA’S RAILWAYS AT WAR Gerry van Tonder It is with some irony that the country that was Rhodesia from 1890 to 1980 was twice forced to armour-protect her rail transport against belligerent forces: once in the late...
by Wolfgang Witschas | Dec 18, 2025 | Anglo-Boer War (1899 - 1902), British Concentration Camps, ESPIONAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA, Historical photos, History, History of the Natal (Mounted) Police, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902): Field Intelligence Unit: Nesbitt’s Horse Wolfgang Witschas Abstract Nesbitt’s Horse was an irregular unit raised in the Eastern Cape during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). The corps, about 300 strong, was formed in...
