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Tugela River in November 1899. The defensive positions prepared by the Natal Pioneer Corps
were therefore not needed.
See also:
Willow Grange, Battle of.
Reference:
Jones, Huw M. and Meurig G. M. Jones, A Gazetteer of the Second Anglo-Boer War 1899–1902
(Milton Keynes, The Military Press, 1999).
Pieters Hill, Battle of,
27 February 1900
Pieters Hill was the last hill in the line comprising the Tugela Heights, north of the Tugela River.
From the top of Pieters Hill, Ladysmith can be seen in one direction and Colenso, the site of the first
battle fought by General Sir Redvers Buller against the Boers in December 1899, is visible in the
other. The capture of the hill by the British, its southern part by early afternoon and the northern knoll
in the late afternoon of 27 February, rendered the Boer positions on these hills and surrounding
Ladysmith untenable and forced them into a general retreat from the region.
See also:
Ladysmith, Siege of; Tugela Heights, Battle of.
Reference:
Baker, Anthony, Battles & Battlefields of the Anglo Boer War 1899–1902 (Milton Keynes, The
Military Press, 1999).
Platrand, Battle of,
6 January 1900
The Platrand is a long, high hill that covers the southern approaches to Ladysmith. It was in British
hands throughout the siege of the town by the Boers, but if it had been taken the continued defence of
the town would at least have been compromised, if not rendered impossible. In the early hours of 6
January the Boers attacked Wagon Hill on the west and Caesar’s Camp on the east of the Platrand. In
a battle that lasted all day both British and Boers hung on grimly, but the Boers failed to hold any
ground on the top of the hill as British counterattacks confined them to the slopes. British
reinforcements were summoned by telephone. The cost to both sides was high and no further hand-tohand attacks were made by the Boers before the end of the siege in February. Had a significant
number from the Boer force not elected to absent themselves from an attack considered too
dangerous, the outcome might have been different.
The Platrand was not very strongly manned by the British, but Caesar’s Camp had been fortified
with the construction of walls about seven feet (2m) high and emplacements for artillery on the
northern edge with a good field of fire across the hilltop, and there was a low wall along the southern
side of Wagon Hill. There was also work in progress on Wagon Hill to make emplacements for a
naval 12-pounder and one of the Navy’s 4.7-inch guns.
The Boer plan was to attack Cae-
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