The Battlefields - Legends of the Zulu Kingdom

Rifleman's Road - KwaZulu-Natal Battlefields

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The first of the Anglo-Boer conflicts in 1881 was 'a brief, tragic little war' fought between the Transvaal and the British. The British suffered humiliating reversals at the Battle of Laing's Nek, Schuinshoogte, and the most humiliating of all, Majuba. They lost 350 men, either killed, wounded or captured. The Burghers suffered only six casualities.

Among the casualities were General Pomeroy-Colley. His grave can be seen in the lonely cemetery at Mt Prospect.

'Remember Majuba' was to be a rallying cry for the next conflict 20 years later, where Boer and British became entangled in the most tragic of wars that was to engulf the whole country.

The initially victorious Boer forces swept into Natal from Volkrust and Vryheid. They took Newcastle without a shot and forced the British to withdraw from Dundee to Ladysmith. Both sides ultimately became bogged down in the Siege of Ladysmith. Visit Fort Amiel in Newcastle and the British camp and cemetery at Mt Prospect.

From Volkrust in the northwest, down through Newcastle, Dundee, Ladysmith, Colenso and Escourt, you will encounter magnificent scenery, generous hospitality, and tales of great courage and endurance that will enthrall you again and again.

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