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... attack him , which he doubted . Early on 20 October Dundee camp was shelled by Boers , under Lukas Meyer , 3,500 of whom had occupied the nearby Talana Hill during the night . Symons ' forces responded quickly , but their counter - attack ...
... attack him , which he doubted . Early on 20 October Dundee camp was shelled by Boers , under Lukas Meyer , 3,500 of whom had occupied the nearby Talana Hill during the night . Symons ' forces responded quickly , but their counter - attack ...
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... attack were well concealed when they halted to await the flank attack . This met with severe opposition , but the heavy thunderstorm that broke enabled the troops to gain the edge of the plateau . As the sky cleared , the Boers ...
... attack were well concealed when they halted to await the flank attack . This met with severe opposition , but the heavy thunderstorm that broke enabled the troops to gain the edge of the plateau . As the sky cleared , the Boers ...
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... attack until after it had arrived . On 7 December Methuen issued his plans . On 10 December a softening - up ... attack , Cronje and all available troops took up their positions as night fell . The main British attack was entrusted Black ...
... attack until after it had arrived . On 7 December Methuen issued his plans . On 10 December a softening - up ... attack , Cronje and all available troops took up their positions as night fell . The main British attack was entrusted Black ...
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The Country and its People | 1 |
The Causes of the WarMobilization | 5 |
The Battles before Ladysmith and the Sieges | 14 |
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advance artillery attack battalions battle blockhouse Bloemfontein Boer forces Boer positions Boer War Botha Bothaville bridge brigade Brigade-Major-General British Army Buller burghers campaign camps Cape Colony Cape Town captured casualties Christiaan de Wet Colenso Colonel column commander Commander-in-Chief Corps Cronje crossing December Delagoa Bay Division Division-Lieutenant-General Drift east Elandslaagte Ermelo February fighting fire Free Staters French French's cavalry garrison Gatacre Guards guerrilla Hill Hlangwani horses Jacobsdal Johannesburg Joubert killed Kimberley Kitchener Kitchener's kopje Kruger laager Ladysmith Lyttelton Mafeking Magersfontein Methuen miles military Milner Modder River Mounted Infantry mounted troops Natal naval guns nearly night November numbers October offensive officers Orange Free Orange River ordered Paardeberg Plumer Poort Pretoria prisoners railway reinforcements Reitz relief Riet rifle Roberts sent shell siege Smuts soldiers soon South Africa Spion Kop Steyn Stormberg surrendered Transvaal Tugela Tweebosch Uitlanders Vaal Viljoen wagons Warren western flank Wet's wounded