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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
decisive victories won by the
British during...
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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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French was
ordered to
investigate reports that the
Boers had
taken Elandslaagte.
Taking with him the 5th Lancers, six
squadrons of
Natal Carbineers and...
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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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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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Dundee Glencoe Greytown Kranskop Pomeroy Wasbank Nquthu Bergville Colenso Elandslaagte Estcourt Ladysmith Babanango Louwsburg Mahlabatini Nongoma Paulpietersburg...
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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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River nearby. The
company purchased the
farms Groot Suikerboschkop and
Elandslaagte as the
nucleus of the
fledgling settlement,
including housing for the...
- at the
Battle of
Elandslaagte for
which he and
Captain Robert Johnston were
awarded the VC. On the 21st October, 1899, at
Elandslaagte, at a most critical...
