- The
Battle of
Boomplaats (also
referred to as the
Battle of Boomplaas) was
fought near
Jagersfontein at 29°50′53.47″S 25°38′56.54″E / 29.8481861°S 25...
- revolt,
occupying Bloemfontein on 20 July. In August, he was
defeated at
Boomplaats by
Smith and
retreated to the
north of the Vaal. He
became leader of one...
-
disaffected Boers in the
Orange River Sovereignty, and
fought the
Battle of
Boomplaats on 29
August 1848. It has been ****erted that "the half-mad Smith's" seizure...
- Long's
refusal to
surrender the
garrison on 23
December 1880. Land such as
Boomplaats and
Aapiesdoorndraai farms, near the town, was
purchased by
black South...
-
against the
British forces later that year,
leading to the
Battle of
Boomplaats on 29
August 1848, in
which the
British emerged victorious. The Volksraad...
- struggle. They were, however,
defeated by Sir
Harry Smith in the
Battle of
Boomplaats on 29
August 1848.
Thereupon Pretorius, with
those most
bitterly opposed...
-
commando raid
against this, and they were
defeated by
Smith at the
Battle of
Boomplaats. Like the Krugers,
Pretorius lived in the
Magaliesberg mountains and often...
- in Natal.
Voortrekkers settle across the Vaal River. At the
Battle of
Boomplaats,
Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius leads a
commando against British...
-
Orange River Sovereignty who in 1848
mounted an
abortive rebellion at
Boomplaats,
where the
Boers were
defeated by a
detachment of the Cape
Mounted Rifles...
-
Radetzky defeat Sardinians under King
Charles Albert Great Trek
Battle of
Boomplaats 29 Aug
British forces under Smith defeat Boers under Pretorius in Orange...
