A terrific Titanic anniversary graphic from South Africa
Leiers van die Groot Trek
The Guns of the Boer Commandos
Superior Boer marksmanship and Mauser rifles exacted a high price from the British during the Second Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902. But the Boers used other arms as well—everything from single-shots to "Long" Lee-Enfields.
this Day in History: Oct 10, 1825: Paul Kruger, the face of Boer resistance against the British during the Second Boer War is born
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…
Statesman Jan Smuts at the Opening of the Voortrekker Monument
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Kerkplein (Pretoria)
A Historic look at Churches in the Vaal Area
The Voortrekkers were very religious and brought their religion with them when they left the Cape colony to move inland.
Battle of Modder River The Boer War
Lord Methuen’s encounter battle at the Modder River, fought on 28th November 1899, as the British advanced to relieve Kimberley.
THE SECOND BOER WAR, 1899-1902
British troops crossing a river near Talana Hill, Natal Province (site of the Battle of Dundee, 1899).
Bas-relief inside the Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria...
..of Zulu natives killing the Boer pioneer hero Piet Retief. December 1949 Photo: Margaret Bourke-White (Life Magazine)
Slagtersnek Memorial, Cookhouse, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Voortrekker Monument
South Africa Is Breaking My Heart, I Cry For My Beloved Country {Warning: Graphic Pictures}
I don’t usually post negative things on my blog – I generally try keep things around here as positive as possible and seeing as I am a very opinionated person I try my best to never wri…
South African (Boer) War Memorial
The South African War Memorial was the first war memorial erected in the Park, and commemorates Western Australian soldiers killed in the South African (Boer) War from 1899 to 1902. The foundation stone for the memorial was laid by His Highness the Duke of Cornwall and York in July 1901 who had been in Australia to open the Parliament of the Commonwealth. The Krupp field gun was captured at Bothaville and presented to the State by the British Government in 1906. The South African War…