The Second Battle of Colenso, also known as the Battle of Colenso, was the third and final battle fought during the Black Week of the Second Boer War....

first attempt at crossing the river was the Second Battle of Colenso. From the British point of view, the battle was a fiasco. On the western flank the British...

The First Battle of Colenso (3 November 1899), often called the Skirmish of Colenso, was a military engagement between the Durban Light Infantry and a...

Atkins enquire ... — Private Smith The nadir of Black Week was the Second Battle of Colenso on 15 December, where 21,000 British troops, commanded by Buller...

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After the Second Battle of Colenso, Buller reorganized his forces and went back to Chieveley Date: 5-7 February 1900 At this point, time was of the essence...

87, 129–30 Colenso, pp. 264–66, 273–75 "The Battle of Isandlwana and the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879". Lock, p. 151 "12 Facts About the Battle of Isandlwana"...

Colenso is a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is located on the southern bank of the Tugela River on the R103 road. The original settlement was...

were forced to retreat in one of their biggest defeats of the war. On 15 December 1899 at the Second Battle of Colenso, Captain Congreve with several...

mortally wounded at the Second Battle of Colenso. Like Buller, Roberts at first intended to make a direct thrust on the Boer capitals of Bloemfontein and Pretoria...

Colenso may refer to: Elizabeth Fairburn Colenso, wife of William Colenso Frances Colenso (1849–1887), historian, daughter of John William Colenso Harriette...

The Battle of Chieveley took place on 15 November 1899, and was an ambush on a British armored train travelling from Estcourt to Colenso in a reconnaissance...

in north of the Tugela to hold off the relief force. On 15 December 1899, the first relief attempt was defeated at the Second Battle of Colenso. Temporarily...

wounded.Colenso 1880, p. 448 gives 18 killed, 85 wounded Hall 1978 quotes the London Standard reporting 473 counted dead The report "The Battle of Ulundi"...

fleeing the garrison at start of the battle) Colenso 1880, p. 305 Lock and Quantrill 2005, excerpt from private journal of Lieutenant Colonel John North...

of Ladysmith during the Second Boer War. Buller's army had made three earlier attempts to raise the Boer siege of Ladysmith. The battles of Colenso,...

Ladysmith, Buller's army was defeated by Botha and his Boer army at the battles of Colenso and Spion Kop. British casualties soared to 3,000 men, while the Boers...

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1899, Buller made a frontal assault on the Boer positions at the Battle of Colenso. The result was a heavy British defeat. Over the next few weeks, Buller...

800 Colenso 1880, p. 396 gives British strength in April as 22,545. Colenso 1880, p. 318 gives the total strength of the Zulu army at 35,001, of which...

Ellen Colenso. His marriage, though in a poor state, meant that they remained only close friends. Miss Colenso later wrote two books in support of his military...

British suffered three defeats: the battles of Stormberg in the Cape Midlands and Colenso in Natal, as well as the Battle of Magersfontein. The defeat at Magersfontein...

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On 15 December 1899, at the Battle of Colenso, South Africa, Captain Schofield with several others tried to save the guns of the 14th and 66th Batteries...

78 members of the British Armed Forces for action during the Second Boer War. The Victoria Cross is a military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the...

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at the battle of Colenso, as stated against their names:— [...] The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) Captain W. N. Congreve At Colenso on the...

advancing from Ladysmith since 1 November, and on 3 November, took the town of Colenso. From there, they continued to adnvace south, and split their forces into...

Christian missionaries. He allowed John Colenso to codify Zulu grammar and produce Zulu translations of the Bible. Colenso's associate, Zulu convert Magema Fuze...

British invasion of Zululand." Knight 2003, p. 27, Map titled: "First invasion of Zululand". Pollard 2002, p. 117. Colenso 1880, p. 455. Colenso 1880, p. 456...