The Battle of Colenso was the third and final battle fought during the Black Week of the Second Boer War. It was fought between British and Boer forces...

at Colenso, acting as an outpost for the British forces in the area. On 3 November, the Boers moved their artillery to the heights to the north of Colenso...

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...

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"...

chance of infantry reinforcement they were ordered by the General to withdraw. The attack on Colenso having failed Buller moved the focus of his army...

Fair. There he participated in twice-daily re-enactments of the Battle of Colenso and the Battle of Paardeberg. The 1904 Marathon was a largely informal affair...

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...

most of November and early December, he began his relief of the city. The attempts to relieve the city started on 15 December at the Battle of Colenso, in...

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...

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

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...

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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,...

and Mafeking under siege, and won victories at Colenso, Magersfontein and Stormberg. Increased numbers of British Army soldiers were brought to Southern...

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...

one of their biggest defeats of the war. On 15 December 1899 at the Battle of Colenso, Captain Congreve with several others, tried to save the guns of the...

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...

crucial stage of the war. Three attempts by General Sir Redvers Buller to break the siege resulted in Boer victories at the battles of Colenso, Spion Kop...

Colenso on 15 December 1899, where he was wounded. He was a 30 years old captain in 7th Battery, Royal Field Artillery during the battle of Colenso on...

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

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

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"...

Alexander Renny – 1857; Delhi, India Frederick Roberts (The Hon.) – 1899; Battle of Colenso, South Africa Frederick Sleigh Roberts – 1858; Khodagunge, India George...

on 15 December 1899 at the battle of Colenso, South Africa for which he was awarded the VC. His citation reads: At Colenso, on the 15th December, 1899...

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 Colenso, and was taken to Durban where he managed to escape. After British forces began an offensive aimed at capturing Pretoria, a portion of the...

Boer War saw attempted application of bombardment as an alternative to the use of ground forces. In most battles fought during the conflict this was...

March – Hamilton Lyster Reed, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1899 at the Battle of Colenso, South Africa (born 1869). 26 March – Timothy...

– 1918; Ors, France William Babtie – 1899; Battle of Colenso, South Africa Thomas Beach – 1854; Battle of Inkerman, Crimea William Davidson Bissett –...

front lines. They were auxiliaries at the Battle of Colenso to a White volunteer ambulance corps. At the Battle of Spion Kop, Gandhi and his bearers moved...