
Battle of Holkranz - 6 May 1902 Called 'the foullest deed of the war' by Louis Botha On the 6th of May 1902 when the Great War of 1899-1902 (between the Boers and British) was nearly at an end, a small commando of 73 Boers was unexpectedly attacked during the night by a band of armed Zulus and murdered at Holkrantz, near Vryheid. On that mournful and unforgettable day, fifty six Transvaale...