Episode 18 - The Acre of death – the Battle of Spion Kop part 1

Now we swing back to the Orange Free State and there’s a very good reason. His name is General Christian de Wet the famous Boer commander. If there was ever a person who fit the bill as cometh the hou...

22 Huhti 201821min

It’s April 1900, the new century is four months old. Lord Roberts has halted after seizing the Orange Free State Republic capital Bloemfontein, and General Buller had finally liberated Ladysmith in Na...

15 Huhti 201823min

This week we’re going to probe a comedy of errors that started with a seemingly clever plan by Orange Free State President Steyn to dispatch a diplomatic mission to Europe in order to drum up support....

8 Huhti 201824min

This week we’re traveling to the Orange Free State Republic capital Bloemfontein with Lord Robert’s army - and its not something to boast about. The capture of the town is known as a one-off - its th...

1 Huhti 201822min

The Anglo-Boer war, embarked upon by both sides with confidence, was now to be maintained by faith and we shall see how that faith was expressed, and by whom .. and what became of it. One of these men...

25 Maalis 201819min

This week I thought we’d concentrate on the town of Ladysmith in Natal which had been besieged by the Boers for over a hundred days by February 1900. It was also the town from which nearly 13 000 Brit...

18 Maalis 201821min

After spending some time in the West where Kimberley has been relieved and Free State Boer General Cronje had surrendered with 4000 Burghers after a fortnight of retreat, entrenching and then being bo...

11 Maalis 201820min

It’s February 1900 and things have begun to change in South Africa. The British Army corps which so far has found itself flailing against an enemy steeped in the concept of mobility and able to explo...

4 Maalis 201817min