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...
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 Hennie Heymans | Apr 22, 2026 | 1896 Jameson Inval, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Whispers of War – Nongqai Vol 17 No 4 WHISPERS OF WAR – 2: THE EXODUS Jennifer Bosch ABSTRACT This article examines the political tension and population movements that followed the failed Jameson Raid of 1895–1896, focusing on the mass departure of British subjects...
by Hennie Heymans | Apr 18, 2026 | 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, 1939 - 1945: The role of the SA Railways Police, Durban, Railway Regiment of the Essential Services Protection Corps (ESPC), Railway Transport in South Africa, SA Military History, SA Railways Police / Spoorwegpolisie, Seizure of enemy Craft, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Water Police Durban
WW2:SARP (Nongqai Vol 17 No 4) 1939 – 1946: SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAY POLICE: SECOND WORLD WAR LT-COL WILLIAM MARASHALL (SANDF) ABSTRACT: The role and duties of the South African Railways Police during the Second World War Keywords 1913: Establishment 1938: Railway Police...
