Scheepersnek Battlefield
721 | 20 May 1900 75 Swaziland Police and Vryheid burghers were stationed here. During a church service a Squadron … Read More
Lancaster Hill
722 | 11-12 December 1900 The hill overlooking Vryheid was occupied by 900 men of the Lancaster Regt who fortified … Read More
Capt.Pokrowski Memorial and Wall of Remembrance
723 | 25 December 1900 25 December 1900. Memorial to Polish officer in the Russian army, who died fighting in … Read More
Blood River Poort Battlefield
724 | 17 September 1901 Battle fought during Gen Louis Botha’s second invasion of Natal. A British Squadron attacked a … Read More
Mount Itala Battlefield
725 | 25-26 September 1901 The British position consisted of sangars on the summit of the hill manned by about … Read More
Fort Prospect
726 | 26 September 1901 This outpost was manned by 82 British Soldiers but were forewarned of the pending Boer … Read More
Holkrans Battlefield
727 | 6 May 1902 Louis Botha’s Commandos desperate for food began raiding local Zulus’ cattle and crops. The abaQulusi … Read More
British Soldiers Memorial
728 | The Cross shaped Memorial in honour of British Soldiers who died during battles around Volksrust, and Amersfoort areas … Read More
Concentration Camp Memorial
729 | In the Volksrust town square adjacent to the municipal buildings is a Memorial Statue and wall of Remembrance … Read More
Birthplace of General Louis Botha
730 | Born 1862 The eighth of 13 children, Botha was to become the Acting Commandant-General of the ZAR forces, … Read More