khies

Updated: July 31, 2026

Near Khies, lower down the Orange, the force which had been left to watch the banks after the suppression of the Prieska rebellion, some of the fugitives from which had returned to the river under the leadership of a Jew, attacked and carried their laager. This and the Faber's Put affair were the only serious fights in the clearing of the Colony north of the Orange.

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