Sentences with phrase «boer war»

It was intended to be a regimental trophy for their service in the Boer War, and has stayed in the Army ever since.

New South Wales soldiers served in the Sudan (1885) and the Boer War (1899 - 1902), World War I & II.

In each, you play a different character — such as an Arabian woman performing stealth operations for Lawrence of Arabia, a rookie British tank - driver in the killing fields of Belgium or an Australian Boer War hero operating as a runner in Gallipoli.

I found one that provided for education for the children of soldiers who had been killed in the Boer War.

However, after the second Anglo - Boer War of 1899, the wagon industry collapsed and railways took over the transport of all goods.

There is a lot of history relating to the Boer War, and is a perfect stop over en route to Kruger Park and many other attractions around the Mpumalanga Highveld and Lowveld.

Also worth a visit are the Anglo - Boer War Blockhouses, Cummings House, Ouma Granny's House, and Lady Loch steel bridge (the first all steel bridge built in South Africa).

It is situated in a quiet street in Colesberg, the location of some historical boer war sites...

With this town being the oldest in the Central Karoo, you will be able to hear many interesting stories about the Anglo - Boer War that took place through this majestic landscape.

A guided tour can be arranged by the owner of Ou Vellies Sleap - Inn to view all the Anglo - Boer War terrains, which can take up to 2 to 5 hours.

Guests can enjoy a historical tour of the Boer War blockhouse, now a braai lapa and barracks which have been converted into a shearing shed, explore the river in search of fossils or the koppies for bushman etchings.

The Volksrust White Towers Bed and Breakfast is a beautiful historical building that was built in 1889 and served as a hospital during the Anglo Boer War.

Apart from numerous scenic drives Uniondale boasts numerous beautiful old buildings, various eateries, an old English fort from the Anglo - Boer war and a 9 hole golf course.

Besides up - to - date magazines in each room, there are folders with interesting information about the history of Colesberg and the Anglo - Boer War impact on the community.

Popular attractions in the Drakensberg Mountain Range include the Royal Natal National Park, Cathedral Peak and Didima Valley, the Cathkin and Champagne Valley, Lost Valley and Middledale Pass, and the Boer War battle sites.

MY FAVOURITE BUILDING IS the Old Stone Church, FOR ITS historical value before and during the Anglo Boer War.

I Love Dullstroom BECAUSE it has small town atmosphere with a richness in Anglo Boer War history.

During the Boer War, hydrogen gas balloons were used as observation points for the army for locating enemy camps and monitoring their enemy movements.

These include Anglo - Boer War graves, Blue Mine, It was Springbok's original copper mine and the first commercial mine in South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church (or Klipkerk) which is a national monument, built in 1921.

Volksrust boasts many famous historical battle sites ranging from Majuba Hill to Laing's Nek with tell - tale signs of the Boer War.

The town is part of the battle - route of the second Boer War and nearby the historical Amajuba - mountain.

Staying in Beaufort West will transport you back in time and offer you a glimpse into the Anglo - Boer War, where locals spill interesting stories about the battle that took place throughout the magnificent landscape.

The Long Tom Pass gets its name from the Long Tom cannons used during the Anglo - Boer war.

Hazeldene was one of the first houses built in Colesberg with a very rich history of the Anglo - Boer war.

Of interest are also the Anglo - Boer War and the Struggle rooms.

Together with Anglo - Boer War sites and a fine selection of 19th century buildings Colesberg offers an exciting reflection on the past and present.

The Barracks, so named as the property was used as barracks during the Anglo - Boer War, was built in 1851 and substantially renovated in 2004.

The KwaZulu - Natal part of the route includes Paulpietersburg, rich in Anglo - Zulu and Anglo - Boer War history, Vryheid, once the capital of the Nieuwe Republiek, Melmoth known for its mistbelt, forest sanctuaries and bird life, Ulundi for the Valley of the Kings and Cetshwayo's kraal, Eshowe, which is home to the Dlinza forest, the Mpushini Falls and is Cetshwayo's birthplace, whilst Mtunzini is home to the rare palmnut vulture.

For those interested in history, a herd of wild horses which were abandoned by a British garrison after the Anglo - Boer War wander the flats of the Bot River estuary.

When the Boer War broke out, Matjiesfontein became a military base camp for thousands of British troops.

Our guide Gerald Garner is brilliant on Johannesburg's history: the gold rush, the extraordinary boom town expansion (the population grew from a few farmers in 1886 to 80,000 within eight years), the British colonisation, the Boer War, the imposition of apartheid, the imprisonment and freeing of Mandela and the more recent fall and rebirth of the city.

The rugged terrain makes for wonderful hikes where you might spot small antelope, baboons, eagles and the locally famous herd of horses descended from those abandoned here after the Anglo - Boer War.

In the early 1900s, during the Second Boer War, Sudwala Caves were used to store ammunition.

It is the ideal base to explore the Sutherland district, driving on the beautiful mountain passes or on the track which the Anglo - Boer War followed.

The event is held annually for the citizen of Queensland to recognise the sacrifice of those members of the Australian Defence Force who have not returned from wars and conflicts encompassing the Boer War through to modern operations and conflicts such as Iraq and Afghanistan.

Since the early nineteenth century, English and Afrikaners have opposed one another in a long sequence of incidents culminating in the Second Anglo - Boer War of 1899 - 1902; whites and the various indigenous groups have confronted each other in a series of Continue reading

In evocative prose, Kent creates a compelling survival story of young Corlie Roux, a Boer girl in South Africa during the Anglo - Boer War at the turn of the last century.

The oldest surviving animated film is an advertisement for Bryant & May matches from 1899 asking the audience to donate one guinea so that the company can give a free box of matches to every British soldier fighting in the Boer War!

Baden - Powell was a military hero, known for his 1899 successful defense of Mafeking during the Boer War.

«Breaker Morant» Special Features Audio commentary featuring Beresford from 2004 New interviews with Beresford, cinematographer Donald McAlpine, and actor Bryan Brown Interview with actor Edward Woodward from 2004 New piece about the Boer War with historian Stephen Miller «The Breaker,» a 1973 documentary profiling the real Harry «Breaker» Morant, with a 2010 statement by its director, Frank Shields Trailer Plus: An essay by film scholar Neil Sinyard

The setting seems more glum than celebratory, however, as both Robert and household manservant Alfred Bridges (Herbert Mundin) will soon go off to South Africa to fight in the Boer War.

From the Oliewenhuis Art Museum, the National Museum and the Anglo Boer War Museum — there is something for everyone.

The khaki and navy striped Peter England T - shirts take you back in time, when this brand dressed militants during the Boer war.

Reported in Scientific American, This Week in World War I: November 14, 1914 The tactical use of artillery had been evolving in the years before the Great War: In South Africa in the Anglo - Boer War of 1899 - 1902 the British developed the concept of the «creeping barrage,» where a curtain of shellfire proceeded just in front -LSB-...]

The home of Joe Chamberlain, where Gladstone called for Home Rule in one of the most rousing speeches of his life, and where Lloyd George nearly lost his life when he spoke out against the Boer War.

He argued vertical structures created in British institutions after the Boer war were now outdated and pointed to businesses who now concentrate on networking and serving their customers.

With sixty action - packed stories of courageous soldiers, sailors and airmen from a range of global conflicts including the Indian Mutiny of 1857 — 58, the Second Anglo - Boer War of 1899 — 1902 and the First and Second World Wars, this book is a powerful testament to the strength of the human spirit and a worthy tribute to the servicemen who earned the Victoria Cross.

The terracing at the Manor Ground was so steep that it was nicknamed the Spion Kop by soldiers returning from the Boer War (For younger «holics, the Battle of Spion Kop was a failed British assault on Boer forces holding a hill of that name in Natal, South Africa in 1900).

It was the returning soldiers from the South African Boer War that gave a very steep bank behind one of the goals the nickname, «the Spion Kop», named after a famous battle appertaining to that war

«You might find it hard to believe,» he told his young swimmers when Splash arrived, «but this old codger was one of my best freestylers when I first came here during the Boer War.»