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Paardeberg
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Paardeberg (pär`dəbərg, –bĕrk), historic location, Free State Free State, formerly Orange Free State, province (1995 est. pop. 2,782,000), 49,866 sq mi (129,153 sq km), E central South Africa. It was renamed Free State shortly after the 1994 constitution went into effect.
..... Click the link for more information. , South Africa. In Feb., 1900, during the South African War South African War or Boer War, 1899–1902, war of the South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State against Great Britain.
..... Click the link for more information. , Gen. Piet Cronje and his Boer (Afrikaner) troops were forced to surrender to the British army at Paardeberg.
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He writes: The Battle of Paardeberg took place on February 18, 1900, and the Yorkshire Regiment was heavily involved, as the following account by the distinguished historian Thomas Packenham confirms: First into the attack were the 1st Welsh and the 1st Essex but they were pinned down in the plain.
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More than half of the 59 fell at the Battle of Paardeberg on February 18, 1900.
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They joined the Green Howards regulars just after their victory at the Battle of Paardeberg and marched more than 800 miles north- east, taking part in actions including Johannesburg and Diamond Hill.
Rare gifts mark Boer action by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
 
 
 
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