Episode 73 - Malperd Dies, the ACC disbands & The Great De Wet Hunt begins
The Anglo-Boer War10 Helmi 2019

Episode 73 - Malperd Dies, the ACC disbands & The Great De Wet Hunt begins

This week Deneys Reitz finds himself walking, while the Great de Wet Hunt begins in the Northern Cape and Free State. I would like to thank listeners for the wonderful messages I've received and suggestions about topics for future casts. Over the last year a number of listeners have asked that I take a closer look at the American involvement in the Boer War, and I’m busy collecting stories and information for that episode which should pop up by the end of this month. Right now, we’re swinging into the saddle alongside Deneys Reitz However, Horse Sickness was beginning to take its toll in the damp conditions of the summer on the highveld. His own had succumbed a few weeks before and as we heard he’d been loaned that Crazy Horse called Malperd. The highly strung beast may have been hard to manage, but was an indefatigable mount. At the beginning of February 1901 Reitz and his brother Arndt began to move with the Afrikander Cavalry Corps or ACC. The unit was a shadow of its former self, decimated both by horse sickness and typhoid and other diseases. Half of the men were now forced to walk as their animals had died off. They had made the disastrous decision to seek shelter in the badlands to the north west of Johannesburg where fevers lurked.

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Episode 135 - General de la Rey’s Mom turns 84 & the commandos run out of pap and vleis

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Episode 134 - Commandant Potgieter’s charge at the last battle of the Boer War, as Peace Talks begin

Episode 134 - Commandant Potgieter’s charge at the last battle of the Boer War, as Peace Talks begin

This is episode 134 and its April 1902. The Boer military and political leadership has been permitted by the British to travel to Pretoria by train and will meet with Lord Kitchener to talk peace. Al...

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Episode 133 - Cecil John Rhodes dies and the Boers agree to Peace Talks

Episode 133 - Cecil John Rhodes dies and the Boers agree to Peace Talks

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Episode 132 -The Canadians last stand at Boschbult aka Harts River & the Hague suggests peace

Episode 132 -The Canadians last stand at Boschbult aka Harts River & the Hague suggests peace

There are a few more skirmishes and one more big battle after this period with its frustrations for the British and determination by the Boer die-hards or Bitter einders to continue their war against ...

29 Maalis 202018min

Episode 131 -The Boers blow up a blockhouse & Lord Kitchener steams into Klerksdorp

Episode 131 -The Boers blow up a blockhouse & Lord Kitchener steams into Klerksdorp

General Jan Smuts and his commando have seized the small town of Springbok in the far northern Cape. As we heard last week, the town fell after a few hours of fighting and the surrender of the three ...

22 Maalis 202019min

Episode 130 - Sniping and hand grenades in Springbok

Episode 130 - Sniping and hand grenades in Springbok

After the blood and guts we heard about last week, there is more of the same this time in the Northern Cape where General Smuts and his commando are sowing a certain degree of angst as he took control...

15 Maalis 202023min

Episode 129 - Lord Methuen breaks a leg before Koos de la Rey executes soldiers

Episode 129 - Lord Methuen breaks a leg before Koos de la Rey executes soldiers

In this episode we will hear how General Koos de la Rey captures Lord Methuen in an act that will push Lord Kitchener over a psychological precipice. Remember when we ended last week I explained how ...

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Episode 128 -The Leliefontein Massacre & de Wet runs into British trenches

Episode 128 -The Leliefontein Massacre & de Wet runs into British trenches

Episode 128 -The Leliefontein Massacre & de Wet runs into British trenches by Desmond Latham

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