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Diamonds, Gold & War 4Diamonds, Gold & War 4
The Second Anglo-Boer War1899 - 1902
The Second Anglo-Boer War1899 - 1902
Presented at OLLI at Duke - Fall 2009Presented at OLLI at Duke - Fall 2009
The story thus far …..
Milner has pushed forward with his plans to force Kruger into a confrontation – ultimately with the goal of taking over the Transvaal. The Orange Free State will follow and Britain will have a unified South Africa consisting of four colonies.
The Bloemfontein conference ends in deadlock, Uitlander agitation continues, Britain begins to bring in reinforcements – Kruger issues ultimatum.Britain does not concede – war breaks out!
The story thus far …..
Milner has pushed forward with his plans to force Kruger into a confrontation – ultimately with the goal of taking over the Transvaal. The Orange Free State will follow and Britain will have a unified South Africa consisting of four colonies.
The Bloemfontein conference ends in deadlock, Uitlander agitation continues, Britain begins to bring in reinforcements – Kruger issues ultimatum.Britain does not concede – war breaks out!
A Boer group off to war with a commandeered wagon
Boer Scouts on Talana Hill
The Dublin Fusiliers, Natal Royal Rifles and the Irish Fusiliers move toward Talana Hill
Battle of Elandslaagte
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Retreat from Dundee
Part of General Yule’s demoralized column approaching Ladysmith after a three-day retreat from Dundee
Battle of Ladysmith
Devonshire Regiment facing Pepworth Hill, firing from behind boulders which provided
for an effective cover.
Germans fighting for the Boers at Ladysmith
Leicesters training a Maxim machine-gun on Boers near Ladysmith
The arrival of General Sir Redvers Henry Buller in Cape Town on October 31st, 1899.
Meanwhile – over on the West
Koos De le Ray Piet CronjeKoos De le Ray Piet Cronje
Lt. General Lord Paul Methuen arrived in the Cape in Oct. 1899
Gen. Gatacre
The conduct of the small Naval Brigade in storming the Boer hill top position at Graspan attracted considerable attention in
the British Press. The public imagination was particularly taken by the Jack Russell terrier of Major Plumbe from the Royal Marines found guarding the body of his dead master on the
embattled hillside.
Battle of Graspan
Highlanders attempting to ford the Modder River
The Gordon Highlanders – Fought at Kandahar, Mysore,
and the Peninsular war
28th November 1899
Battle of Magersfontein11 December 1899
Boer Trenches at Magersfontein
Highlanders on the March
Firing “Joe Chamberlain”
At Magersfontein
A converted 4.7 inch Naval gun to “prepare” for the British Advance
The Black Watch after the Battle of Magersfontein – Two hundred and two of the 239 British killed and 496 of the 663 wounded were
Highlanders
“91st at Modder River”
Pipe Major Angus MacDonald
Major General Wauchopeand his temporary grave
The Scandinavian Volunteer Corps
Monument to the Scandinavian volunteers killed while fighting for the
Boers at the battle. The memorial reads: "They could not retreat. They
could only fall. In memory of Scandinavians killed here."
Final Retreat & The Aftermath
Such was the day for our regiment,
Dread the revenge we will take.
Dearly we paid for the blunder
A drawing-room General’s mistake.
Why weren’t we told of the trenches?
Why weren’t we told of the wire?
Why were we marched up in column,
May Tommy Atkins enquire…
Pte Smith of the Black Watch, December 1899. Pakenham p.201
Boer War Memorial – Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk