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The Battle of Rooiwal was an engagement of the Second Boer War. It took place on 11 April 1902 and resulted in a victory by a British force commanded by Colonel Robert Kekewich over a Boer commando led by General Ferdinandus Jacobus Potgieter and General Jan Kemp Die Slag van Rooiwal was 'n stryd tydens die Anglo-Boere Oorlog. Dit het op 11 April 1902 plaasgevind en het gelei tot 'n oorwinnin...
18 January 1902 ==Commandant Gideon Scheepers, Boer scout and commanding officer during the Second Anglo-Boer War (South African War) was executed by a firing squad beside an open grave in the veld near Graaff-Reinet. He was captured in October 1901 by a British column and found guilty by a British military court on charges of murder, arson and demolishing of trains. Scheepers admitted during h...
Battle of Spion Kop - 23 January 1900 to 24 January 1900 The Battle of Spion Kop was a military engagement between British forces and two Boer Republics—the South African Republic and the Orange Free State—during the campaign by the British to relieve the besieged city Ladysmith during the initial months of the Second Boer War.Fought over 2 days -23 January and 24 January 1902 General Sir Redve...