zwart's

Updated: July 29, 2026

Lord Dundonald was engaged in strengthening his position at Zwart's Kop, so that in any case there would be a secure retreat across the river if need be. The river itself seems also to have been properly reconnoitred. The enemy's position could be seen four or five miles to the north, and he was known on Thursday to be strongly entrenched.

Spenser Wilkinson - Lessons of the War : Being Comments from Week to Week to the Relief of Ladysmith