|
Date |
Event |
|
1899 |
|
8 September |
British
Cabinet decides to send 10000 soldiers to defend Natal |
|
26
September |
Penn
Symons pushes up troops to Dundee |
|
27
September |
Kruger
calls up Transvaal burghers. Steyn follows suit in Free State |
|
7 October |
British
mobilise 1st Army Corps. White lands at Durban |
|
9 October |
Kruger
sends ultimatum |
|
11
October |
Ultimatum
expires and Boer War commences |
|
14-16
October |
Boers
commence sieges of Kimberley and Mafeking |
|
20
October |
Penn
Symons engages in action at Talana. Möller surrenders |
|
21
October |
Battle
of Elandslaagte |
|
24
October |
Battle
of Rietfontein |
|
30
October |
The
day termed "Mournful Monday". Joubert out-thinks White
at Battle of Ladysmith. Carleton surrenders at Nicholson's Nek |
|
31
October |
Buller
arrives at Cape Town |
|
2 November |
White's
field force become besieged in Ladysmith |
|
15
November |
Botha
destroys armoured train between Frere and Chieveley |
|
22-23
November |
Battle
of Willow Grange |
|
23
November |
End
of Botha-Joubert raid into Natal. Battle at Belmont |
|
25
November |
Battle
at Graspan |
|
26
November |
Holdsworth,
with Linchwe's Africans, attack Boer laager at Derdepoort |
|
28
November |
Battle
at Mooder River |
|
15
December |
Buller
defeated at Battle of Colenso |
|
18
December |
Roberts
succeeds Buller as British Commander-in-Chief South Africa. Kitchener
appointed Chief of Staff |
|
1900 |
|
6 January |
Boer
force attacks Caesar's Camp and Wagon Hill at Ladysmith |
|
10
January |
Roberts
and Kitchener arrive at Cape Town |
|
24
January |
Battle
at Spion Kop |
|
5-7
February |
Vaal
Krantz captured, but then evacuated |
|
11
February |
Roberts
commences his great flanking march |
|
14-27
February |
Buller
make his fourth attempt to relieve Ladysmith |
|
15
February |
French
relieves Kimberley |
|
18
February |
Battle
of Paardeburg |
|
27
February |
Cronjie
surrenders at Paardeburg |
|
28
February |
Buller
finally relieves Ladysmith |
|
7 March |
Battle
of Poplar Grove. Also escape of Kruger |
|
10
March |
Battle
of Driefontein |
|
13
March |
British
forces capture Bloemfontein |
|
27
March |
Joubert
died from injuries sustained when thrown from his horse |
|
3 May |
Roberts
resumes his march on Pretoria |
|
28
May |
Annexation
of Orange Free State, which renamed Orange River Colony |
|
31
May |
Roberts
captures Johannesburg |
|
5 June |
Roberts
captures Pretoria |
|
11-12
June |
Battle
of Diamond Hill |
|
15
July |
De
Wet and Steyn escape from Brandwater Basin |
|
19
October |
Kruger
sails for France aboard the Gelderland |
|
24
October |
Buller
leaves South Africa for England |
|
25
October |
Annexation
of Transvaal is announced from Pretoria (now in British hands) |
|
29
November |
Kitchener
replaces Roberts as Commander-in-Chief South Africa. Roberts returns
to UK to suceed Wolseley as Commander-in-Chief in UK. |
|
16
December |
Kritzinger
enter the Cape Colony |
|
1901 |
|
10-28
February |
De
Wet's incursion into Cape Colony |
|
28
February |
Peace
talks between Kitchener and Botha at Middelburg fail |
|
7 August |
Kitchener
announces imprisonment for armed Boer leaders captured after 15
September 1901 |
|
12
August |
Kritzinger
driven out of the Cape Colony |
|
3 September |
Force
under Smuts enters Cape Colony |
|
11
October |
Commandant
Lotter executed by British troops. Scheepers captured. |
|
25
December |
De
Wet captures Yeomanry at Tweefontein |
|
1902 |
|
17
January |
Scheepers
executed by British Troops |
|
6-8
February |
New
drive in eastern Orange River Colony (formerly Orange Free State) |
|
27
February |
Lieutenants
Morant and Handcock executed by Cameron Highlander firing squad |
|
26
March |
Death
of Cecil Rhodes |
|
12-18
April |
Boer
delegates to the peace talks hold their first meeting at Pretoria |
|
15-18
May |
First
meeting of Boer delegates at Vereeninging |
|
11
May |
Final
peace meeting at Vereeninging. Surrender terms signed at Pretoria |