korannaberg

Updated: May 17, 2025

I was very anxious to prevent the "granary" of the Orange Free State from falling into the hands of the English; with this object in view, I left behind me at Korannaberg General De Villiers, with Commandants De Villiers, of Ficksburg, Crowther, of Ladybrand, Roux, of Wepener, and Potgieter, of Smithfield, and ordered the General to carry on operations in the south-eastern districts of the Free State.

Christiaan Rudolf De Wet - Three Years' War

We then marched, with about fifteen hundred men, in the direction of Springhaansnek, to the east of Thaba'Nchu. At the northern point of Korannaberg, Commandant Hasebroek remained behind, waiting for some of his men to join him. We took with us one Krupp with sixteen rounds that was our whole stock of gun ammunition! By the afternoon of the 16th we had advanced as far as Springhaansnek.

Christiaan Rudolf De Wet - Three Years' War