Episode 31 - The Battle of Sanna's Post & De Wet goes after Cape Afrikaners
The Anglo-Boer War22 Apr 2018

Episode 31 - The Battle of Sanna's Post & De Wet goes after Cape Afrikaners

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 hour, cometh the man - it was de Wet. He’d convinced his officer commanding General Joubert to allow the Free Staters to leave for home after Bloemfontein was captured by the British. De Wet’s logic was simple. His men had been away from home for six months fighting the mighty British empire and despite incredible victories, they’d lost the Orange Free State Republic capital. Six months away from home meant most were missing their loved ones — although some had brought their entire families who moved with the Boer commandos in their ox-wagons. So de Wet took a momentous gamble. He’d sent the men home saying they should re-assemble back on the railway bridge over the Sand River north of Bloemfonteon on the 25th March. While his decision was regarded as military suicide by Joubert, the British had made it easy for him. Lord Roberts had called a halt to his march to Pretoria in order to rest the troops and wait for his logistics to catch up. Both sides took a breather. Historians are quick to point out that Lord Roberts had created a nightmare by overriding his logistics leadership and adopted a gung-ho attitude to the movement of his material - now he was paying for his rash decision to put the bloody thirsty Lord Kitchener .. your country needs you … in charge of food, provisions, equipment, support, transport.

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

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

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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 Mars 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 Mars 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 ...

8 Mars 202025min

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

1 Mars 202022min

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