Open AccessTHE SIEGE OF JAMMERBERGDRIFT: APRIL 6-25, 1900
Author(s) -
P.W. Wessels
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
scientia militaria south african journal of military studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2309-9682
pISSN - 2224-0020
DOI - 10.5787/14-4-509
Subject(s) - siege , independence (probability theory) , work (physics) , war of independence , ancient history , history , art , political science , archaeology , engineering , mathematics , mechanical engineering , statistics , military service
The siege of Jammerbergdrift can never be compared to any of the great battles of the Second War of Independence, but it was important because: The Britishcommander Gen Roberts had to delay his march to Pretoria for one month, and this waste of time enabled work on the forts (eg. Klapper
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