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Elandslaagte is
farming and coal-mining
centre some 26 km north-east of Ladysmith.
Afrikaans for 'elands flat', it was the
scene of the
Battle of Elandslaagte...
- The
Battle of
Elandslaagte (21
October 1899) took
place during the
Second Boer War, and was one of the few clear-cut
tactical victories won by the British...
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Hopefield is a
settlement in West
Coast District Muni****lity in the
Western Cape
province of
South Africa on the R45
between Malmesbury and Vredenburg...
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British casualties,
including Penn Symons.
Another Boer
force occupied Elandslaagte,
which lay
between Ladysmith and Dundee. The
British under Major General...
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Imperial Light Horse particularly distinguished themselves in the
Battle of
Elandslaagte and it was
during this
engagement that Johnston,
while still a captain...
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following deed took
place at the
Battle of
Elandslaagte for
which he was
awarded the VC. At the
Battle of
Elandslaagte on the 21st October, 1899,
after the...
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Dundee Glencoe Greytown Kranskop Pomeroy Wasbank Nquthu Bergville Colenso Elandslaagte Estcourt Ladysmith Empangeni Eshowe Melmoth Mtunzini Richards Bay Nkandla...
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following action took
place at the
Battle of
Elandslaagte for
which he was
awarded the VC. At the
Battle of
Elandslaagte, on the 21st October, 1899,
during the...
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moved south along the
railway lines. On 19 October, his
force occupied Elandslaagte railway station, and had
established their camp on the
hills outside...
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Elandslaagte was both the
first and last
battle that the
Corps parti****ted in. Coster, then a lieutenant, was
killed at the
Battle of
Elandslaagte,...