boschbult

Updated: May 21, 2025

Cookson, who was in charge of the expedition, at the end of a march of thirty-five miles, during which he had pushed back small parties of the enemy, halted at Boschbult, where two farms lay on the banks of the Brak River. Cookson soon found himself in presence of 2,500 Boers with four field guns, his own strength being 1,800 with the same number of guns.

- A Handbook of the Boer War : With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans