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 | Apr 27, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Armoured & Ambulance Trains, Kraaipan, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Kraaipan – Nongqai Vol 17 No 4 3. FIRST BLOOD: KRAAIPAN Jennifer Bosch The Second Anglo-Boer War of 1899 – 1902 stemmed from rising tensions between the British Empire and the Boer republics — the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. The 1886 Witwatersrand Gold Rush...
by Wolfgang Witschas | Apr 15, 2026 | Archives Posts, Armoured & Ambulance Trains, Military History, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Wolfgang Witschas The South African Casspir Mk II B Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle (MRAP) “The Swiss Army Knife of Combat Vehicles” https://en.m.wikepedia.org/wiki/Casspir Abstract The Casspir is a legendary South African 4×4 Mine-Resistant Ambush...
by Hennie Heymans | Apr 12, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Armoured & Ambulance Trains, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Photo album – Railways ABW (1) RAILWAYS DURING THE ANGLO BOER WAR Hennie Heymans Flag of the Orange Free State https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SouthernAfricaRailwayMap_1901.png Introduction During the Anglo-Boer War the railways were of critical...
