𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘

✧ battle of Bronkhorstspruit ✧

The battle of Bronkhorstspruit was the first major engagement of the First Boer War. It took place by the Bronkhorstspruit river near Bronkhorstspruit in Transvaal on 20 December 1880. Threatened by the growing numbers of militant Boers in the Pretoria region, the British recalled the 94th Regiment of Foot...

#BoerWar #Bronkhorstspruit #Boers #Pretoria #Transvaal #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bronkhorstspruit

SA War Memorial, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, c.1905-10 - Mackintosh RP Postcard

https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/sa-war-memorial-cheltenham-gloucestershire-c-1905-10-mackintosh-rp-postcard-231514214.htm

#Cheltenham #WarMemorials #BoerWar

"13 days of siege for a supply dump? Should've just ordered takeout! Guess we're just not cut out for long-term commitment. #SiegedAndDizzy #BoerWar"
— Paul Kruger

Aug 16, 1900 - The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Elands_River_(1900)

"Just as resistance against British imperialism once proved a key bond, now invented oppression at the hands of black people—whether the majority of South African citizens or the nebulous forces of American wokeness—works to unite the two nations under the banner of a whiteness supposedly under siege."

https://thebaffler.com/latest/gimme-boer-dulik
https://archive.ph/n2QmW

#USpol #UShistory #whiteSupremacism #settlerColonialism #Boers #BoerWar @histodons

Today in Labor History May 17, 1900: Following the siege of Mafeking, during the Second Boer War, over 27,000 Boer women and children died in the world's first concentration camps. The Spanish had actually created similar death camps in Cuba during the Ten Year’s War (1868-1878). However, the death camps in South Africa were the first to be called concentration camps. Additionally, the Boer War concentration camp system was the first time an entire nation had been targeted. During the war, Mahatma Gandhi and 800 Indian slaves started the Ambulance Corps to serve the British.

#LaborHistory #workingclass #southafrica #gandhi #slavery #ConcentrationCamp #women #children #boerwar

An evocative glimpse into military life during the Boer War, this artwork captures resting soldiers in Driefontein, South Africa. What stories lie behind their expressions?

#Rijksmuseum #ArtHistory #BoerWar #SouthAfrica #AnonymousArtist
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/RP-F-F08973