Episode 111 - Lord Kitchener and the Brat hunt a starling while de Wet broods at Blijdskap
The scenes have shifted recently between the war in South Africa and the effect of the war in England. The press has begun to turn against the government with vitriolic attacks on war hero Sir Redver...
3 Nov 201920min
Episode 110 - General Buller flayed by the press as Botha pulverises Benson at Bakenlaagte.
It’s time for reflection - and to talk about General Louis Botha who’s invasion into Natal fizzled out leading to his commando being forced to flee Lord Kitchener’s columns back to the Eastern Transva...
27 Okt 201920min
Episode 109 - Borrius loses an eye and Smuts is forced to split his force
This week we pick up where we left General Jan Smuts and his commando as they writhed about in pain having eaten from a plant that they failed to prepare properly and had poisoned about half the 250 m...
20 Okt 201919min
Episode 108 - The Commando laid low by "Hottentots Bread" within striking distance of Port Elizabeth
This is an important week - it is the 120 anniversary of the start of the Boer War - which formally began on 12th October 1899. This week saw the Anglo-Boer War Museum in Bloemfontein host a conferenc...
13 Okt 201918min
Episode 107 - Churchill doubts Kitchener & Colonel Scobell butchers Lotter in a sheep shed
It's early Spring 1901 and in England there are now serious doubts about how the British Army is going about its campaign in South Africa. Winston Churchill had been elected as an MP for Oldham partly...
6 Okt 201920min
Episode 106 - The 17th Lancers survived the Charge of the Light Brigade but not the Rijk Section
This is September 1901 and it's been a wet Spring so far. The weather has caused trouble for both Jan Smuts and Louis Botha - but things are about to improve for Smuts after his daring raid into the C...
29 Sep 201919min
Episode 105 - General Louis Botha stumbles & sleet causes chaos for Jan Smuts
An incredible turn of events was taking place after a few icy months of winter - the Boers were waking up like hibernating bears and there would be a sudden escalation in incidents across south Africa...
22 Sep 201919min
Episode 104 - A hunchback leads Smuts to safety & Captain Gough's fatal cavalry charge
It’s mid September 1901 and Jan Smuts is about to face one of the most challenging moments in his illustrious career. He was only 28 at this point, yet was to achieve so much in the next few weeks a...
15 Sep 201920min
