potgieter's

Updated: February 10, 2026

At half-past two that day Lyttleton's brigade had moved forward along the foot of Mount Alice to force the passage of the river at Potgieter's drift. As soon as the Boers caught sight of them, they could be seen galloping forward to take their places in the trenches.

G. A. (George Alfred) Henty - With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader