Scientia Militaria (Feb 2012)

THE SIEGE OF JAMMERBERGDRIFT: APRIL 6-25, 1900

  • P.W. Wessels

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5787/14-4-509
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 4

Abstract

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The siege of Jammerbergdrift can never be compared to any of the great battles of the Second War of Independence, but it was important because: The Britishcommander Gen Roberts had to delay his march to Pretoria for one month, and this waste of time enabled work on the forts (eg. Klapperl

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