😂 the British treated tjem better than Mandalas gang

Beauty 🎉 After 10 years..

I was there in 1998. Tragic that affinity (hunger) for metal made that both the plaque at 1:34 and the fence at 3:53 had since disappeared. The tree stump probably survived and is now in front of a business. Take a look at Google Maps (Jameson Raid monument) how this area has changed to be unrecognisable even compared to when you were there!

by British, you mean Australian colonials?

Thanks for this, I remember visiting this battlefield some time in the early 70s....good to see the result of your visit.

So sad. Seems like they could have resolved things short of war. Likely you had to have lived there at that time to understand it all.

Comments disrespectful to the fallen

Raised £30K for the school nearby here in Rourke's Drift. O wonder if the artificial cricket wicket football posts and markings. Inner gym floor and more. In 1997 aged 18. I hope the schools got good use out of it all. ❤North England ❤

Grandfather was killed at Dud Corner. His name was mentioned on a plaque(Pte James McDade 8500 HLI )on a monument there. Like many others who were never buried in a grave .He never came home and Ironically his son (my father) was just seventy miles away fighting in World War 2 and at that time the family had no idea of my grandfathers burial place..I'd like to go but my OAP would'nt stretch that far. So ,thankful that you took the time to film and post this.

Henry James Degacher, was the maternal grandfather of the actor David Niven.

Particularly tragic to survive the war, only to be taken by the influenzer epidemic.

Can we learn more about this town????where can I find full lecture .iam from that place with History

I have been to Kimberley and Ladysmith but I never managed to get to mafeking so it was nice seeing this . Thank you

I remember being there in 1991

Can only be the Eastern Transvaal!!!

This information is incorrect. The graveyard of the Faber family is still present on the actual farm, Faber's Put

Was there a few days ago, it’s a disgrace. What a site of significance and we have just let it fade away. As a South African I am embarrassed. The disrespect to the fallen is simply beyond belief.

A hidden gem , this cemetery.

I WAS ALSO THERE BUT FELT UNSAFE YOU DONT KNOW WHO IS WAITING IN THE DARK AND THERE COULD BE SNAKES IN THERE

I see the anc government is trying to change history again. The reason for the battle of Blood River was the fact that the Zulu king Dingaan reneged on a land sale agreement for half of what is today Kwa zulu Natal and the zulu massacred the unarmed Boers who delivered the payment for the land. The zulus then bravely massacred the Boer women and children. It was because of this that the battle of Blood River came to be.

Make us more.

Iets met dumpert

zulu and the british at 3am be like:

Imagine staying there over night.

the vine climbing the tree is called Ivy

5th of March 2000 HELPED me on my search on my past I'm seeking truth = 22 Years ago with Film Footage Date & 8 Years on the POSTED date of 2014 = both to be exact. Thank You for your footage. Appreciated now in the Present, even better if not intended ... .. .

Hopefully going to this place next summer, looks haunted but I'm looking forward to my trip, 2 great uncles buried close by,will definitely be paying my respects to them.

sowat 20 jaar later is die Engelse soldate “deur donkies gelei”, soos historici sê. By spioenkop is hulle gelei deur 'n dronkaard (generaal Bueller).

Is there any indication where the tunnel entrance was in the sunken lane

I know that the Zulus were armed with looted Martini Henrys from Isandlwana, but could they actually use them effectively without training? Did they know about bullet drop? Windage? I feel that if they did then the British casualties would have been much higher.

Thank you very much for the video

Thanks very much for your fascinating, and very informative videos. I lived and worked in South Africa for a month and a 1/2 in 92 and I had planned to try to learn more about my great grandfather's experience fighting in the Anglo-Boer war (he was with the Seaforth Highlanders), but I failed to make the time. Of course this was before the days of the internet, but I wish I'd visited the interesting museum in Bloemfontein (which I had hitch-hiked through at one point en route south to 'the garden route'.) I can only say (at this point) that the Seaforth Highlanders fought and suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Magersfontein in December, 1899 and here at the Battle of Paardeberg in February, 1900. (He wasn't injured in either battle.) This is the best video that I've been able to find on-line as to Paardeberg and it's a pleasure to watch it and to learn as much as I can from you. Thank you again!!

I have been there and it is very good

I visited this place few years ago its an important part of Boer History fight to survive in a hostile place like all Migrating Nations in the History of the World

Very good video, especially also showing the stunning landscapes

Now they attack us in our home lands,lol they come here claim benefits , reek havoc, and it all legal, ahhhh progress

Where's the Harlech Men at?

Really want to visit one day. I have recently done a series of videos of the soldiers and defences: kzbin.info/aero/PLO9oAAQbaewxiTpIqo_mcY5IHAvbztKNj

If you read German accounts it actually was a rather close run thing - Germans were close to insanity after 7 days of continuous bombardment and apparently it is not THAT easy to shoot 10,000-20,000 machine gun rounds - the machinery heats up immensely and there was no way to cool it - machine-gunners had terrible hand and face wounds from continuous firing and generally the BIGGEST unexpected luck for the Germans was that the English came in at a slow walking pace, allowing them the precious few extra SECONDS to crawl up from the dugouts and man the guns.

Amazing! My grandfather told me about her being on the docks when he left for Egypt. The thing is her son died in Italy and after she got the news she was back on the docks singing two days later after receiving the news.

Amazing never seen one

Thank You so much for this video. I am busy researching our family history in South Africa. During the Boer War there were quite a few Norval's in the Concentration Camp in Bethulie that came from the Norval Family Farm in Wepener. My Paternal Grandfather Abraham Joseph Norval was born in Wepener in 1910. The Norvalspont video is also appreciated.

Thank you for this video. I have a couple of old photos of the memorial to Lt/Col Guinness and the men of the 84th Battery RFA. They belonged to my grandfather who was in the 84th and was at the battle, but survived. They must have been taken shortly after the memorial was put up in its original position on Gun Hill. I think the battle made a great impression on my grandfather: he must have been living very closely with all the men who were killed and must have had Guinness as a commanding officer, probably since he joined the RFA in 1898. His house (up until he died in 1961) was called 'Bakenlaagte'. When asked what it meant, he said it was an African word for 'homestead'. We never knew!

And so many people think the Boers won every in that war. Not even close.

Great lady,would loved to have heard her sing

Thanks for a couple of great videos!

Is this monument still in good shape?

Thanks for the post, love reading about the Zulu wars

I am a tombstone letter carving artist.need a job.

Thanks for this I visited back in 1985.Very little there back then apart for the Graves and Monuments and of course,what was possibly remains of the Chapel?