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charge, a rare incident from which the Household Cavalry had to rescue them. In the south at
Diamond Hill the day also ended in stalemate. Fighting resumed on 12 June with Major-general Inigo
Jones’s Guards Brigade pushing towards Donkerhoek, but it was the intervention of Colonel H. B. De
Lisle’s 2nd Mounted Infantry that made the day. The 6th Regular Mounted Infantry secured a position
at the foot of the kopje behind the Rhenosterfontein farm to allow the New South Wales Mounted
Rifles and the West Australians to swarm up and secure a position enfilading the Boer line. Seeing
that his position had become untenable, Botha withdrew after dark.
See also:
Bergendal, Battle of.
Reference:
Baker, Anthony, Battles & Battlefields of the Anglo-Boer War 1899–1902 (Milton Keynes, The
Military Press, 1999); Carver, Michael, The NAM Book of the Boer War (London, Sidgwick &
Jackson, 1999); Marix Evans, Martin, The Boer War: South Africa 1899–1902 (Oxford, Osprey
Publishing, 1999).
Donga
A river-bed, often dry. In conditions of dry weather followed by torrential rains such dongas are cut
deep into the land and afford good cover from view and fire as well as being an obstacle to
movement, especially by wheeled vehicles.
Doornkop, Battle of,
2 January 1896
The invasion led by Dr Jameson to accompany the planned uprising against the Boer government in
Johannesburg found itself without local support when it approached the town. The small force was
surrounded by the Boers at Doornkop and, with sixteen men dead and forty-nine wounded,
surrendered.
See also:
Jameson, Dr Leander Starr; Jameson Raid.
Doornkop, Battle of,
29 May 1900
Doornkop, where Jameson was defeated in 1896, was four years later the location of the right of the
Boer defences south-west of Johannesburg. The Boers occupied the ridge running east from Doornkop
and the British cavalry moved to the west while the British infantry assaulted the ridge. Those
regiments who preserved parade-ground formation suffered greatly while those who made use of
cover and moved by bounds, that is, in a series of swift dashes, had far fewer casualties. The Boers
were driven off and the way to Johannesburg lay open.
The British force advancing on Johannesburg was under the command of Lieutenant-general Ian
Hamilton and the advance was vividly recorded by a young officer and journalist, Winston Churchill.
The Boer defenders were under Assistant Com-
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