THE TRANSVAAL WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 1880 - 1881 LAING'S NEK, SCHUINSHOOGTE AND MAJUBA |
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Newcastle
- KwaZulu Natal |
Follow the trail of Gen. Sir George Pomeroy-Colley and his Natal Field Force as they try to break through the defensive line of Comdt. General Piet Joubert's Burghers and enter the Transvaal. Visit the musem at Fort Amiel, which was the commissariat and starting point of Gen. Colley's expedition. View the Battleground at Laing's Nek, where Joubert's Burghers repulsed Colley's line regiments for the first time forcing them to retreat to Mt. Prospect. Stroll over the Battlefield of Schuinshoogte where the Burghers of Nicholas Smit forced Colley's "show of force" to retreat back to Mt. Prospect. Climb the legendary Majuba, where Cmdt. Gen. Piet Joubert's Burghers inflicted, on Colley , one of the most humiliating defeats the British Army has ever suffered when they forced the British off their "impregnable position" on top of the mountain causing some 258 casualties to their own 6. |
Depending on whether you want to climb Majuba, and it is a worthwhile climb, this tour will take between half a day and a day and includes a briefing the night before, or on the battlefield, visual information, a guide, and visits to Fort Amiel Museum, which is a typical frontier fort, the Battlefields of Schuinshoogte, Laing's Nek, and Majuba. Time and transport permitting visits will also be made to O'Neill's Cottage where the truce was signed and the British Cemetery at Mt. Prospect. Lunch will be taken at Majuba Commemorative Farm. |
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