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Western Transvaal

The Boer commandos in the Western Transvaal were very active after September 1901. Several battles of importance were fought here between September 1901 and March 1902. At Moedwil on 30 September 1901 and again at Driefontein on 24 October Gen. De la Rey's forces attacked the British but were forced to withdraw after the British offered strong resistance.

A time of relative quiet descended thereafter on the western Transvaal. February 1902 saw the next major battle in that region. On 25 February De la Rey attacked a British column at Ysterspruit near Wolmaranstad. De la Rey succeeded in capturing the column and a large amount of ammunition - enough to last his commando a long time.

The Boer attacks prompted Lord Methuen, the British's second in command after Lord Kitchener, to move his column from Vryburg to Klerksdorp to deal with De la Rey. On the morning of 7 March 1902 the Boers attacked the rear guard of Methuen's moving column at Tweebosch. In the confusion that soon reigned in British ranks, Methuen was wounded and captured by the Boers. The battle of Tweebosch was one of the De la Rey's finest victories.

The Boer victories in the west led to stronger action by the British. In the second half of March 1902 large British reinforcements were sent to the Western Transvaal. The opportunity the British waited for, arose on 11 April 1902 at Rooiwal where the combined forces of Gens. Grenfell, Kekewich and Von Donop came into contact with the forces of Gen. Kemp. The British soldiers were superbly positioned on the mountain side and mowed down the Boers charging on horseback over a large distance, beating them back with heavy casualties.

This was the end of the war in the Western Transvaal and also the last major battle of the Anglo-Boer War.

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Yes you are right but what is even more difficult is to locate the exact area due to vegetation growth like in ladysmith

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Ho dear Peter I have this wonderful machine that I place behind my Volvo and I can cut a hectare in a few minutes so where should I start? Your place? and if you like I can even level your place for you LMAO

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  nice one BA

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Gambol,

Our grass is starting to get harder with the detector now  But hey with x's tractor and mower and  life should get easier, but we will see how dedicated he is to detecting  :

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