Pretoria Voortrekker Monument

Van die jongste tot die oudste was ons almal vegsmanne, en ek herhaal maar net…

Boer at foot of Paul Kruger Statue Church Square, Pretoria

Generals De La Rey and Meyer

'As tough as they come' Boer Officers from Lydenburg ABW... NICO Moolman

A sketch of Genl Koos De la Rey taking his wounded son Adrian to hospital. Adrian lost his life shortly afterwards.

Scorched Earth Photos

View of civilian refugees on the first train out of Kimberley after the lifting of the Siege of Kimberley during the Second Boer War in South Africa, February 22, 1900. Published by Underwood and...

Genl. Christiaan R de Wet.

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…

Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (10 October 1825 – 14 July 1904), better known as Paul Kruger, and affectionately known as Uncle Paul (Afrikaans: "Oom Paul"), was State President of the South African Republic (Transvaal). He gained international renown as the face of Boer resistance against the British during the South African or Second Boer War (1899–1902). Kruger was born at Bulhoek, on his grandfather's farm in the British Cape Colony, and he grew up on the farm Vaalbank. He received…

Trench warfare.....ABW

Pres.M.T.Steyn en genl. Christiaan de Wet, tydens n besoek aan pres.Steyn op sy plaas Onze Rust, 1909.