The following report on the battle of Kalkheuwel by Prof Ian Copley is based mainly on research in British military archives. Just over one hundred years ago, the South African,…
On Friday 26 October 2018 ,the unveiling of the first Blue Plaque in the Magaliesberg Biosphere at the site of the battle of Kalkheuwel (in the South African war from 1899…
On 11 July 1900 1300 Gordon Highlanders and other infantry left Krugersdorp under the command of General Horace Smith-Dorrien to assist the beleaguered town of Rustenburg. Their orders were to…