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 30, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Colenso, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Anglo Boer War (Colenso) – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6 CHAPTER 7. THE BATTLE OF COLENSO Jennifer Bosch – Come in to my Parlour…… Buller rode along the lines, oblivious to the whizzing bullets and shrapnel all around him. “Steady, men,” he called out. “Don’t lose your heads.”...
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 11, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Armoured & Ambulance Trains, Military History, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Stormberg
ABW-Stormberg-Nongqai Vol 17 No 5 5. ANGLO BOER WAR: BATTLE OF STORMBERG. – Gatacre’s Blunder Jennifer Bosch . Stormberg was a key railway junction in the Cape Colony, linking Cape Town with routes into the interior. When Boer forces captured it on 13 October...
by Hennie Heymans | May 2, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Military History, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Talana (Dundee)
Talana – Nongqai Vol 17 No 5 4. HAVE THEY GOT THE HILL? Jennifer Bosch The Battle of Talana Hill On the 20th of October 1899, the Battle of Talana Hill was fought near Dundee, which was surrounded by strategic high ground. Boer forces occupied the hills and opened...
by Hennie Heymans | May 2, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Local South African Police Forces, Military History, South African Constabulary, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
SAC – Nongqai Vol 17 No 5 SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTABULARY Via South African Military History Channel Frederick Charles Parkes of the South African Constabulary on horseback, 1901 (c) Photograph, Boer War (1899-1902), 1901. The South African Constabulary (SAC) was raised in...
