Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Volume 7Cassell, 1900 - Battles |
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advance allied army artillery Ashanti attack Battery Bethlehem Bloemfontein Boer force Boers Botha Boxers Brigade British Broadwood Buller burghers camp Cape Captain captured cavalry China Chinese Colonel Colony column command convoy Delarey despatch detachment east eastward Elands River enemy enemy's fighting fire flank French front garrison ground guard guns Harrismith heavy Heilbron hills horses Ian Hamilton Imperial Japanese Johannesburg July June killed Komati Poort kopje Kroonstad Krugersdorp Kumassi Laing's Nek Legation Lindley Lord Roberts Louis Botha Lydenburg Machadodorp Magaliesberg Methuen Middelburg miles Minister morning mounted infantry mounted troops moved Natal night northwards occupied officers operations Orange River party pass Peking position Potchefstroom Pretoria prisoners railway Regiment retreat ridge rifle road Rundle Russian Rustenburg scouts Senekal sent shells shot side skirmishing South Africa Spruit Standerton Station surrender Taku Tientsin town Transvaal Vaal veldt Volksrust waggons Wet's Winburg wounded Yeomanry