Battlefields Country Lodge - Dundee KwaZulu Natal - Africa Travel Channel
Battlefields Country Lodge is situated in Dundee and lies an the the heart of the battlefields in Kwazulu Natal. Explore Boer, Brit and Zulu battle sites at Isandlwana, Rorke's Drift & Blood River. The lodge is nestled in green valleys overlooking rolling hills, dams and the famous Talana hill which is the site of the first battle between the Boers and the British soldiers!
Battlefields Country Lodge offers 50 unique and stylishly decorated Superior and Standard accommodation, spread out in beautiful, lush gardens with swimming pool, amphitheatre surrounded by horses, game, ostriches, guinea fowl and stunning bird life.
Our excellent Country-style buffet served in the beautiful Café Tagati restaurant. Relax in the Lapa Ukhamba watering hole on cold nights around warm log fires.
Battlefields Country Lodge offers four conference & function venues, accommodating up to 400 people.
Private airstrip, driving range & fishing on site.
Guided tours by highly recommended guides to all the famous battle sites.
Battlefields Sports Resort - Accommodation Dundee South Africa - Africa Travel Channel
Battlefields Sports Resort is half way between Durban & Johannesburg and situated in the heartbeat of the well known historic Battlefields in KwaZulu Natal. Accommodation comprising of 70 air-conditioned, en-suite rooms surrounded by immaculate lawns, gardens & game.
We are in close proximity to the famous battle sites Isandlwana, Rorke’s Drift, Blood River monument and Talana Museum, rated as one of the best in South Africa.
Battle of Blood River
This is a key battle in South African History were the Afrikaaners helped off a much larger invading Zulu force!!!! Around this time the Afrikaaners were being unjustly murdered by the Zulu.
The Battle of Blood River monument
This monument which consists of life-size bronze replicas of the wagons involved in the historic battle of Blood River.
Battlefields Country Lodge & Sports Resort in Dundee, KZN on Auction 25th October 2018.
South Africa’s Premier Battlefields, Wedding & Event Destination. Accommodation comprising of 70 air-conditioned, en-suite rooms surrounded by immaculate lawns, gardens & game. Close proximity to the famous battle sites Isandlwana, Rorke’s Drift, Blood River monument and Talana Museum, rated as one of the best in South Africa. Click here for more information:
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Battle of Spionkop: Episode 8 : South African History
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One of the bloodiest and most futile battles of the South African War of 1899 - 1902 is brought to life and presented in graphic detail by battlefields historian, Raymond Heron. The Battle of Spionkop was General Buller's second attempt to relieve the town of Ladysmith in January 1900. At the end of that epic battle three great historical figures stood on that mountain, each with a destiny beyond their imaginings - Mahatma Ghandi, Winston Churchill and General Louis Botha. The story is presented in 9 weekly episodes.
Anglo-Zulu & Anglo-Boer War Re-Enactments by the Dundee Diehards
The Dundee Diehard re-enactment team was formed in Dundee in South Africa at the time of the centenary of the Anglo-Boer war and modeled on the United Kingdom Diehards re-enactment team who came to South Africa in 1999 to re-enact the Battle of Isandlwana.
VIDEO CHAPTERS
1. Dundee Diehards Historical re-enactment team formed 00:01:06
2. Battle of Isandlwana re-enactment. 00:01:48
3. Battle of Rorke's Drift re-enactment 00:02:14
4. Death of the Prince Imperial of France 00:02:45
5. Battle of Majuba re-enactment 00:03:09
6. Battle of Talana re-enactment 00:03:34
7. Stretcher bearer Mahatma Gandhi re-enactmen 00:03:52
8. Anglo Boer War Centenary 00:03:56
9. Capture of Winston Churchill re-enactment 00:04:09
10. Battle of Pieter’s Hill re-enactment 00:04:46
11. Duke of Kent visit 00:05:41
This movie shows some of the reenactments and functions they have been involved in.
To date the Diehards has taken part in the following re-enactments:
* Display for the Duke of Kent,
* Battle of Talana,
* Battle of Rorkes Drift,
* Battle of Insandlwana,
* The capture of Winston Churchill,
* Battle of Magersfontein,
* Battle of Pieter's Hill,*
Display at the Newcastle and Pietermaritzburg shows,
* Battle of Spionkop,
* Battle of Surrender Hill,
* Battle of Majuba,
* Battle of Chrissiesmeer,
* Defence of Fort Amiel,
* The commissioning of the South African Navy vessel SAS Insandlwana.
The video was produced by Tekweni TV Productions based in Durban. tekweni@iafrica.com
Battlefields Region KwaZulu Natal South Africa
Video showcasing the Battlefields region in KwaZulu Natal South Africa. Take a tour to Rouke's Drift or Isandlwana and learn about the clashes between the British, the Boers and the Zulus.
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Isandlwana[Anglo–Zulu War] commemorated in Nquthu, KZN
AmaZulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has called on societies to use historical divisions as a tool to unite races. He was speaking at the commemoration of a brutal war between AmaZulu and the British, known as the battle of Isandlwana, in Nquthu in Northern KwaZulu-Natal.
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South African History 1652 -1902 Culminating in the Anglo Boer War & Battle at Spion Kop
Online history video on the battle of Spion Kop, the bloodiest battle of the Anglo Boer War in South Africa 1899 - 1902, where Winston Churchill reported that up to seven bombs per minute were landing on top of the Spion Kop mountain with massive clouds of orange lydite and that the British soldiers in the trenches were being blown to atoms. Known as the 'Acre of Massacre', it remains the smallest piece of ground on which more men lost their lives in a single battle than any battle fought anywhere in the world… and it is here, witnessing what the human race was capable of, that the seeds of Mahatma Gandhi’s passive resistance took root. Leading up to this moment in history are some of South Africa’s major historical events going as far back as 1652, including:
The arrival of the first settlers in South Africa and the origins of the Afrikaner people
Conflicts in the history of South Africa: 1652 – 1902
Black/White and British/Boer conflicts in South Africa: 1652 – 1902.
The British after burning many Boer farms set up concentration camps where disease was rampant which resulted in 29 000 Afrikaners and over 20 000 black people; men, woman and children dying in these camps.
Presented by South African Military Historian Ray Heron from Spion Kop Lodge and produced by Tekweni TV Productions tekweni@iafrica.com
Video Chapters:
1. Arrival of Jan van Riebeeck 00:00:00
2. 1820 British Settlers 00:02:03
3. Nguni People migrate south from central Africa 00:02:47
4. Khoi People 00:03:37
5.The Great Trek 00:06:15
6. King Dingane and Piet Retief 00:08:37
7. Battle of Blood River (Ncome River) 00:11:06
8. Discovery of Diamonds in Kimberley 00:13:21
9. Anglo Zulu War 00:14:10
10. Discovery of Gold in the Transvaal 00:15:02
11 Transvaal War of Independence 00:15:55
12. Battle of Majuba 00:16:03
13. Discovery of Gold on the Witwatersrand 00:17:28
14. Paul Kruger 00:18:09
15. Cecil John Rhodes 00:18:57
16. Jameson Raid 00:19:23
17. Lord Alfred Milner meets with Paul Kruger 00:22:01
18. Start of the Anglo Boer War 00:24:45
19. First of the Modern Wars 00:27:22
20. Talana – First Battle 00:29:21
21. Siege of Ladysmith 00:29:56
22. General Buller 00:30:28
23. Battle of Colenso 00:31:32
24. Field conditions and British troop movements
for the Relief of Ladysmith 00:34:15
25. Earl of Dundonald 00:36:30
26. Sir Charles Warren at Trichardt’s Drift 00:38:07
27. General Woodgate 00:39:49
28. Major Alexander Thornycraft 00:40:07
29. British troop preparation for the capture of
Spion Kop 00:40:35
30. Battle of Spion Kop 00:44:04
31. Eastern side of Spion Kop 00:47:54
32. Position of British at Spion Kop 00:48:48
33. Winston Churchill 00:49:59
34. British with fixed bayonets storm Boer positions 00:50:31
35. General Woodgate mortally wounded 00:51:35
36. Naval guns fire from Mount Alice 00:52:22
37. General Thornycraft promoted to rank of
Brigadier 00:54:01
38. Trenches 00:54:57
39. Boer General Prinsloo 00:55:55
40. Denys Reitz’s book ‘Commando’ 00:55:59
41. General Botha regroups retreating Boers 00:56:34
42. Robert Riddel leads men to Twin Peaks 00:57:11
43. Boers and British retreat in opposite directions
and Spion Kop considered Boer Victory 00:58:10
44. Battle of Vaal Kranz 00:59:05
45. Battle of Tugela Heights 00:59:21
46. Relief of Ladysmith 00:59:33
47. Fascinating facts of 3 men at Spion Kop 00:59:56
48. Louis Botha becomes first Prime Minster
of the Union of South Africa 01:00:1846. Winston
49. Churchill 01:00:24
50. Mahatma Gandhi serving as a stretcher bearer 01:00:31
51. Acre of Massacre Memorial 01:00:49
52. Burning of Boer Farms 01:02:28
53. Boer Woman and Children taken to camps 01:02:31
54. Block houses built to defeat Boers
(bitter-enders) who continued to fight 01:03:18
Battlefields Caravan Park - Featured Resort
Battlefields Caravan Park - Featured Resort
Dundee, Battlefields
Battlefields Caravan Park is situated on a farm 400m from the tar road and 18km from Dundee on the R33 to Vryheid, in the middle of the battlefields, close to the Blood River Monument, Talana Museum, Rorkesdrift and Isandhlwana. The park has 38 shady, level, grass camp sites, 15 amp electrical points and a lapa with electrisity, camp fire- and braai facilities, kitchen with fridges and scullery. Also available is a television, swimming pool, trampoline, fishing, game viewing and hiking in the natural bush surrounding the resort.
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Blood river monument, South Afrika
Battle of Blood river, South Afrika, 2003 - Zulu and Voortrekkers
Commando The British Attack
Cut off and alone, this is an excerpt from Commando, our award winning short film set during the Anglo-Boer War, based on the journal written by Deneys Reitz.
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Operasie Bloedrivier
Julius Malema is the target of a highly trained assassin team
South African border war - bloody memories
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In the film 'Across the border', four white South African veterans who fought on the border of occupied Namibia and Angola in the 70s and 80s together with thousands of other young white conscript soldiers reflect on their terrifying adventures. They were part of the elite Crowbar unit, a death squad responsible for killing many people. During the South African Border War, they fought against what was known as the Rooi gevaar (red danger), the government term for the ANC and SWAPO liberation movements.
GunFight on Koppie WS_swf_mp3.swf
Colonial British artillery and infantry fire on Boer commando on hill.
Major Battles that Shaped the Anglo Boer War
A war correspondent’s report on the major battles that shaped the Anglo Boer War. These were among the bloodiest battles of that war. The war from 1899 to 1902 was fought between the British Empire and two Boer states over Britain's influence in South Africa. Winston Churchill was a war correspondent for the Morning Post and was captured by the Boers near the town of Ladysmith. Battle reenactments are incorporated in the history documentary.
CHAPTERS
1. War declared between Boers and British 00:00:24
2. Deneys Reitz author of ‘Commando’ 00:00:47
3. Boers cross the Buffalo River into Natal 00:01:06
4. Colonel Baden-Powell 00:01:26
5. Boers advance on Mafeking 00:01:30
6. Boers in force around Dundee 00:01:39
7. Battle of Talana 00:02:08
8. Death of Maj. General W. Penn-Symons 00:02:58
9. Major General French 00:03:45
10. Battle of Elandslaagte 00:04:11
11. Long Tom Canon 00:04:58
12. Siege of Ladysmith 00:05:27
13. War correspondent Winston Churchill 00:05:34
14. Mahatma Gandhi stretcher bearer 00:05:36
15. Armoured train captured by Boers 00:06:22
16. Capture of Winston Churchill 00:06:49
17. Battle of Willow Grange 00:07:42
18. General Buller – Battle of Colenso 00:08:15
19. General Botha 00:08:26
20. Lieutenant F. Roberts mortally wounded 00:09:02
21. General White 00:09:35
22. Battle of Spion Kop 00:09:49
23. Graves at Spion Kop 00:11:08
24. Battle of Valkrans 00:11:38
25. Churchill reports in the Morning Post 00:11:59
26. Battle of Wagon Hill 00:12:30
27. Battle of Tugelal Heights 00:13:38
28. Relief of Ladysmtith 00:14:35
Zulus at War
History Channel documentary on the Zulu War of 1879.