Kwazulu-Natal, BERGVILLE district, Mount Alice Military Memorials

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Cemetery information:- This is not a cemetery, only a memorial. It commemorates the British forces during the battles of Spioenkop & Vaalkrantz: The Battle of Spioen Kop (Afrikaans: Slag van Spioenkop) was a military engagement between British forces and the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, during the campaign by the British to relieve the besieged city Ladysmith during the initial months of the Second Boer War. The battle was fought 23–24 January 1900 on the hilltop of Spioen Kop, about 38 km (24 mi) west-southwest of Ladysmith. It resulted in a Boer victory. The Battle of Vaal Krantz (5 February to 7 February 1900) was the third failed attempt by General Redvers Buller's British army to fight its way past Louis Botha's army of Boer irregulars and lift the Siege of Ladysmith. The battle occurred during the Second Boer War. Vaal Krantz was a minor defeat. On 14 February with the Battle of the Tugela Heights, Buller launched his fourth attempt at the Relief of Ladysmith and finally succeeded. (refer also to Mount Alice Military Cemetery in the Estcourt district : https://graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=156311} Album incomplete. eGGSA captions by: Gary Noble The GGSA Cemetery DVD only has information on the cemetery location. Cemetery ID: 6700 Google Earth Cemetery Initiative Information:- GPSID: 8035 GPS: -28 42.166, 29 32.809