The Trekkers reached this site in mid October and stayed through till mid November, sending out parties to find ways down the escarpment. On 12th November that Retief’s daughter Debora painted his name on a rock to mark his 57th birthday.
There are toilets and interpretive material on site.
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5 June 1884 A major battle of the war where the uSuthu, supported by the Boers under Lukas Meyer, defeated Chief Zibhebhu and the Mandlakazi.
This monument stands on the top of Retief’s Pass and is the point where his party stood and gazed on what they believed was “their promised land”, the beautiful hills and valleys of Natal. Little did they know at that…
Take the Mtonjaneni turnoff on R34. A short distance past Mtonjaneni Lodge on the right you will see the directional sign and then an interpretation board. Follow the path down the hill to a perennial spring with trees covering the…
This is the site of the British camp and Military Cemetery during the Transvaal War of Independence 1880-81 and was occupied by the British from January 24th to the end of March 1881. Many of the British soldiers who died…
It is at this laager on the 7th Dec 1838 that Pretorius, Landman and Cilliers formulated the “The Vow” and it was made for the first time. The marker is on the side of the Wasbank Dundee road but the…
15 December1899 Gen Sir Redvers Buller’s first attempt to cross the Thukela River and relieve Ladysmith met with disaster at the Battle of Colenso. Memorials and graves moved to this site, which was Gen. Buller’s headquarters during the battle. Several…
Received details of this website from Dave Sutcliffe after I wrote a letter to the Sunday Times. I thought I had been to a lot of places – now there is so much more. Terrific- thanks Dave Sutcliffe.
What a wonderful site, as an ardent armature historian I have found this site most helpful and informative, found so many new sites to visit and with the GPS coordinates no more driving up and down endless dirt roads. Looking forward to many more visits to the Natal Battle Fields. Well done and many thanks to the team who put this site together it seems to have been a labour of love.