The Battle of the Thukela Heights, 12−28 February 1900 |
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27 February 2nd Royal 6th Brigade abandoned Anglo-Boer approximately artillery attack attempt Barton battalions battery battle Boer positions Botha bridge British advance Buller burghers casualties Chieveley Cingolo Colenso Colenso Koppies Colonel commanded commenced companies continued crest Crofton crossed defences despite direction Division Dundonald East Surreys effect February fire flank followed force forward four front further Fusiliers graves Green Hill guns Hart's Hill Hart's Hollow heavy Hlangwane Hussar Hussar Hill inch Infantry Irish killed Krugersdorp Ladysmith Light Infantry Major Major-General metres Monte Cristo moved movement naval guns night north bank occupied officers ordered Pieter's Hill placed Pom-Pom prepare Pretoria Railway Hill reached Regiment reinforced remaining reserve resulted ridge Rifle roads Royal Lancasters shell side slopes south bank South Lancashires Stage Standerton success taken Thukela Heights Thukela River trenches troops Warren West Yorks whilst withdrawal wounded Wynne's Hill East