Author: Gillings, Ken.
Title: The Battle of Thukela Heights. 12-28 February 1900.
Description: Battle Book Series. Ravan Press 1999. 59pp illustrated softcover. A Fine copy, unmarked. ISBN: 9780869755181 After almost two weeks of continuous fighting in the Colenso region, General Buller finally broke through, in the rugged Thukela Heights, to relieve Ladysmith. The Boers fought back heroically but were eventually overwhelmed by the numerical superiority of the British forces. Author Ken Gillings is a life-member of the South African Military History Society and is a published author on the Kwa-Zulu Natal battlefield sites.

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