Episode 135 - General de la Rey’s Mom turns 84 & the commandos run out of pap and vleis
While the Boer political and military leadership were huddled around a table in Lord Kitchener’s office, far off in the Northern Cape General Smuts and his commando had defeated the British at three s...
19 Apr 202018min
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...
12 Apr 202019min
Episode 133 - Cecil John Rhodes dies and the Boers agree to Peace Talks
As we heard last week, the Netherlands government had decided by January 1902 that the South Africa war was no longer viable for the Boers. Even the latest successes in March where General De la Rey a...
5 Apr 202019min
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 Mar 202018min
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 Mar 202019min
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 Mar 202023min
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 ...
8 Mar 202025min
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
1 Mar 202022min
