An account of what happened at Amajuba - Laing's Neck. Ancestors - Page 56.

The disastrous British defeat at the hands of the Boers in Natal on 27th February 1881, leading to independence for the two Boer states.

The disastrous British defeat at the hands of the Boers in Natal on 27th February 1881, leading to independence for the two Boer states.

It was a war of greed. An already rich and powerful nation wanted more and was willing to sacrifice anything to get it. The Second Boer War (Dutch: Tweede Boerenoorlog, Afrikaans: Tweede Vryheidsoorlog or Tweede Boereoorlog) was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic (Transvaal Republic) and the Orange Free State. It ended with a British victory and the…

27 February marks the anniversary of the Battle of Majuba Hill, the major battle of the First Boer War, in 1881. The boers won a resounding victory at Majuba Hill The hill, near Volksrust, South Africa, was occupied by British forces under Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley, possibly as part of a plan to outflank […]

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The British Camp

Battle of Spion Kop

One of the causes of the First Boer War was the direct breach by the British of this convention on 12 April 1877. Britain issued a proclamation called: "ANNEXATION OF THE S.A. REPUBLIC TO THE BRITISH EMPIRE"[1]:448–449

Majuba memorials at Laings nek

Churchill's Capture, Imprisonment and Escape