The four Natal Policemen who were killed at Ambush Rock were buried here. There is no on site information so the use of a Guide is recommended to enhance the experience of the site.
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26 September 1901 This outpost was manned by 82 British Soldiers but were forewarned of the pending Boer attack and built a well fortified position. The Boers attacked with some 400 men. After a protracted battle lasting all day during…
1 June 1879 Louis Napoleon, the Prince Imperial of France, then exiled in Britain, begged Queen Victoria to allow him to join the British forces in Zululand. On 1 June 1879 he was given permission to join a small British…
29 March 1879 On the29 March 1879 some 22 000 Zulu warriors attacked the fortified British position at Khambula (shown on earlier maps as Kambula). The Battle started at 13:30 and ended around 17:30 when Zulus were driven off and…
The Cross shaped Memorial in honour of British Soldiers who died during battles around Volksrust, and Amersfoort areas is in a park on the north side of town on the west side of the N11 just as one leaves the…
This drift was used by many Voortrekker parties including those of Maritz and Uys when they first entered Natal and by the “Wenkommando” when it crossed the Tugela on 28th November en route to Blood River. While a marker indicates…
22-23 January 1879 After the Battle of Isandlwana the Zulu reserves, along with one regiment of the right horn, about 4000 warriors in total, crossed the Buffalo River and attacked the British Commissariat and Hospital at the Mission station at…
