1876 Map of Africa

Timeline

1880 Dec 13th 4000 Boers declard South African Republic Dec 20th 200 Boers ambush and wipe out column of 94th Foot 1881 Jan 28th British frontal attack on Laing's Nek is beaten back Feb 26th British defeated at Majuba Hill Mar 6th Truce declared Mar 21st Peace concluded

First Boer War Images

Suggested Reading

The Anglo-Boer Wars: The British and the Afrikaners 1815 - 1902 Barthorp, M. Poole, 1987 African Portraits Cloete, S.London, 1946 David and Goliath: The First War of Independence DuxburyJohannesburg, 1981 Queen Victoria's Enemies: An A-Z of British Colonial Warfare Featherstone, D. London, 1989 The Boer States: Land and People Keane, A. H. London, 1900 Queen Victoria's Enemies: Southern Africa Knight, I. London, 1989 The First Boer War Lehmann, JLondon, 1972 With the Boers in the Transvaal and Orange Free State 1880 - 1881 C NewmanLondon, 1882 The Battle of Majuba Hill O. RansfordLondon, 1967 Monuments and Battlefields of the Transvaal War 1881 and the South African War 1899 Smail, J. L. Cape Town, 1967