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Alleman Nek, Action at,
11 June 1900
After the relief of the siege of Ladysmith (which was held by the British), the Boers withdrew through
northern Natal with the intention of holding the British at Langs Nek. However, General Sir Redvers
Buller outflanked them to the west by way of Botha’s Pass and Alleman Nek. The Boer position
became untenable and they were forced to permit the British to enter the Transvaal.
The Iketeni Ridge, through which the road to Volkrust passes by Alleman Nek, was not heavily
defended by the Boers as Commandant-general Louis Botha had expected the British effort to be
concentrated further east. He moved his men quickly once Buller’s intentions became evident, but
they were able to do no more than throw up sangars to protect the 3,000 men, one 12-pounder and
three Pom-Poms (37mm Maxim-Nordenfelts) sent to hold the line. Buller’s scouts found positions for
the British artillery 2,500 yards (2,286m) from the Boers’ defences on the ridge either side of the
Nek. From there the two 4.7-inch guns and six 12-pounders of the Royal Navy were able to lay down
close support for the infantry. In the first rush the 2nd The Dorsetshire Regiment pushed up the
southern side of the Nek against the Lydenburg Commando, paused to return fire and then surged
forward once more with the Middlesex in support, to take the first of the two summits. The
Lydenburgers had fallen back across the saddle in the hill to join the Carolina, Pretoria and
Swaziland commandos but the Royal Navy’s guns were putting down another daunting blanket of
shellfire to enable the Dorsets to complete the advance some forty minutes later. Meanwhile, on the
British right flank, an attempt by the Boers to turn the flank was halted with the support of the Maxim
Detachment.
The grass had caught fire, either by accident or design, and Captain A. Fitzpatrick, an Australian
on Buller’s staff, wrote “The Boers burned the grass to cover their retreat. . . During the march we
came across many wounded and dead Boers terribly burnt . . . caught in their own grass fires and
burnt to death.” The Boers completed their retreat both from the area of the Nek and from their
positions at Langs Nek during the night.
See also:
Botha’s Pass, Action at; Langs Nek.
Reference:
Carver, Michael, The NAM Book of the Boer War (London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1999);
Droogleever, R.W.F., “Alleman’s Nek”, Soldiers of the Queen,no. 58/59, January 1990;
Wallace, R.L., The Australians at the Boer War (Canberra, Australian War Memorial and the
Australian Government Publishing Service, 1976).
Allenby, Colonel E. H. H.,
1861–1936
Edmund Allenby joined the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons in 1882 and served in Bechuanaland in 1884–
85 and in Zululand in 1888. He became one of the leading young commanders of the sweeps
conducted in the guerrilla
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