Author Topic: BMW Motorcycle Club Pretoria - KZN Battlefields Trip 2019 – Photo Ride Report (Read 4718 times)

alwyn_gs · « **on:** March 05, 2019, 08:25:32 am »

Van 2012 is die Battlefields op die Rides Calender en in 2018 steek Deon sy hand op vir die ene… dit vat nie veel om my rubber arm te draai nie en ons begin beplan… maar net om te besef daar moet eintlik n opvolg of vier wees! Die area het so baie “Battlefields” uit die verskillende era’s van die geskiedenis; Early Zulu Battles, The Voortrekker Zulu War, The Rebellion of Langabelele 1873,The Anglo Zulu War 1879, Tranvaal War of Independence 1880-1881, The Zulu Civil War 1883-1888, The South African/Anglo Boer War 1899-1902 & Bhambatha Rebellion. Ons het net die boonste tip van die ysberg geraak… Die rekenaar beplanning strek oor 2 naweke, en besef daar moet n recce ride wees – AWESOME recce naweek in Februarie en ons trip val in mekaar!

Die trip se skedule:
•   Dag 1 – via Volksrust, Majuba en gaan tuis te Royal Country Inn, Dundee
•   Dag2 – Battle of Rorke’s Drift, Battle of Isandlwana, Bloed Rivier Monumant en Battle of Talana, en bly weer Royal Country Inn, Dundee
•   Dag 3 – Die Siege of Ladysmith, Platrand en die Burger Monument en toe Spionkop toe en gaan tuis te Green Latern Inn, Van Reenen
•   Dag 4, Retief Klip, Kaalvoet Vrou Monument en Verkykerskop en Memel terug huis toe.

Sal n kort stukkie oor elke battle insit in die Ride Report, vir volledigheid, van watter era dit was en wat gebeur het. Dit kom van n document wat onder die groep gedeel is.
Het n lekker groep gehad… die trip kan nie geklas word as n teer trip nie, maar daar is grondpaaie na baie battle sites toe… maar almal het die Kwa Zulu Natal se grond paaie – wat uitstekend onderhou word geniet!

Die Groep:
•   Deon en Anzel (Toer Leier)
•   Tom en Thea Nel
•   Clive en Mache Lewis
•   Gavin Vahey
•   Johan en Trudie Maree
•   Greame Cartwright
•   Rihanle Cartwright
•   Fernando en Paula de Pinho
•   William Hodson
•   Ettiene Bronkhorst
•   Luzaan Bronkhorst
•   Morne Maree
•   Sune Maree en Jayden in die Jeep
•   Michelle Engelbrecht (Groep Sweep)
•   Alwyn Engelbrecht (Groep Sweep)

Foto krediet aan elkeen wie se foto in die ride report gebriuk is

Dag 1 – Majuba

Het vroeg Donderdag more bymekaar gekom, brandstof gegooi en val in die pad. Stop op Villiers vir n lekker Wimpy breakfast. En op n vol maag pak ons die eerste grondpad van Villiers na Standerton. Volksrust oor Majuba toe…

alwyn_gs · « **Reply #1 on:** March 05, 2019, 08:36:17 am »

Wimpy Brekkie

woody1 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 05, 2019, 08:36:55 am »

alwyn_gs · « **Reply #3 on:** March 05, 2019, 08:40:55 am »

Pitstop erens tussen Villiers en Standerton op die grondpad

alwyn_gs · « **Reply #4 on:** March 05, 2019, 08:42:19 am »

alwyn_gs · « **Reply #5 on:** March 05, 2019, 08:43:54 am »

Battle of Majuba

   Battle of Majuba,
o   27 February 1881, part of First Boer War
o   Result: Decisive Boer victory
o   Location: Majuba Hill, near Volksrust, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

The First Boer War (Afrikaans: Eerste Vryheidsoorlog)also known as the First Anglo-Boer War, the Transvaal War or the Transvaal Rebellion, was a war fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881 between the United Kingdom and the South African Republic The war resulted in defeat for the British and the second independence of the South African Republic.

•   The Battle of Majuba Hill on 27 February 1881 was the final and decisive battle of the First Boer War. It was a resounding victory for the Boers and the battle is considered to have been one of the most humiliating defeats of British arms in history. Maj. Gen. Sir George Pomeroy Colley occupied the summit of the hill on the night of 26–27 February 1881. Colley's motive for occupying Majuba Hill may have been anxiety that the Boers would soon occupy it themselves, Colley having witnessed their trenches being dug in the direction of the hill. The Boers believed that he might have been attempting to outflank their positions at Laing's Nek. The hill was not considered to be scalable by the Boers, for military purposes, and hence it may have been Colley's attempt to emphasise British power and strike fear into the Boer camp.

FYI:
   The fire and movement ("vuur en beweeg" in Afrikaans) tactics employed by the Boers especially Commandant Smit in his final assault on the hill, were years ahead of their time.
   Coupled with the defeats at Laing's Nek and Schuinshoogte, this third crushing defeat at the hands of the Boers ratified the strength of the Boers in the minds of the British, arguably to have consequences in the Second Anglo-Boer War, when "Remember Majuba" would become a rallying cry.

alwyn_gs · « **Reply #6 on:** March 27, 2019, 10:29:27 pm »

Ons trek Majuba in en ry tot aan die voet van die berge onder die bome in… volg eintlik die braaivleis vuur rook! Theunis van Majuba het ons bederf met vars wors rolletjies, hoender sosaties, knoffel roosterkoeke en griekse slaai word bedien in tradisonele blik boorde! Regtig baie moeite gedoen. Het baie lekker gekuier en middagete geniet op die hooi bale en allerhande stories geluister wat Theunis vertel het.

alwyn_gs · « **Reply #7 on:** March 27, 2019, 10:30:57 pm »

alwyn_gs · « **Reply #8 on:** March 27, 2019, 10:31:27 pm »

Battlefields Trip 2019 groep foto

alwyn_gs · « **Reply #9 on:** March 27, 2019, 10:32:53 pm »

Na middag ete ry ons op na die Museum in wording.

Daar is 2 ongerestureerde waens oor die 100 jaar oud! En n ossewa wiel met almal se name op wat n kopie van die Majuba boek gekoop het wat deur HS van Blerk geskryf is om die plaas waarop die berg is terug te koop van die regering en in die Majuba Geloftefees komitee in.

alwyn_gs · « **Reply #10 on:** March 27, 2019, 10:33:37 pm »

Fernando dink n baba sitplek is gepas vir die volgende Battlefield trip. . . ?!

alwyn_gs · « **Reply #11 on:** March 27, 2019, 10:34:12 pm »

Ry agter die berg af met die Lang’s nek pas af. Ry verby n paar sites, bv O’Neill’s cottage waar die Vrede ooreenkoms onder teken is vir die onafhanlikheid van Transvaal.

Ry Newcastle oor Dundee toe waar ons by die Royal Country Inn tuis gegaan het vir die volgende 2 aande. Selfs die skoetes het lekker n paar in garage geslaap…

alwyn_gs · « **Reply #12 on:** March 27, 2019, 10:34:58 pm »

Het elke aand die volgende dag se besoeke battlefield sites n video gekyk ons perspektief te gee.

alwyn_gs · « **Reply #13 on:** March 27, 2019, 10:35:58 pm »

Dag 2 – Battle of Rorke’s Drift, Isandwlana, Bloed Rivier Monument en Talana, buite Dundee

Volgende more terwyl ons wag vir Thulani, ons gids vir die dag kan die weer nie besluit of ons moet reenjasse aantrek of nie. As die reenjasse aan is, dink die Paula en Luzaan hulle is traffic controllers!

alwyn_gs · « **Reply #14 on:** March 27, 2019, 10:36:46 pm »

Thulani lei ons in oor die Anglo Zulu War en ons saal op en val in die pad. Om weer erens langs die pad reenjasse aa te trek.

Ons eerste besoek is Rorkes Drift. Maar kronologies was die Battle of Isandwlana eerste en na battle het n reserwe mag Zulus Rorke’s Drift aangeval. Het dit omgeruil om n sirkel roete te maak vir die dag.

alwyn_gs · « **Reply #15 on:** March 27, 2019, 10:37:37 pm »

Battle of Rorke’s Drift

   Battle Rorke’s Drift
o   22–23 January 1879, part of Anglo–Zulu War
o   Result: British victory
o   Location: Rorke's Drift, Natal Province, South Africa

The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Following Lord Carnarvon's successful introduction of federation in Canada, it was thought that similar political effort, coupled with military campaigns, might succeed with the African kingdoms, tribal areas and Boer republics in South Africa. In 1874, Sir Henry Bartle Frere was sent to South Africa as High Commissioner for the British Empire to bring such plans into being. Among the obstacles were the presence of the independent states of the South African Republic and the Kingdom of Zululand and its army.
Frere, on his own initiative, without the approval of the British government[4][d] and with the intent of instigating a war with the Zulu, had presented an ultimatum on 11 December 1878, to the Zulu king Cetshwayo with which the Zulu king could not comply, including disbanding his army and abandoning key cultural traditions.[5][e] Bartle Frere then sent Lord Chelmsford to invade Zululand after this ultimatum was not met.[6] The war is notable for several particularly bloody battles, including an opening victory of the Zulu at the Battle of Isandlwana, followed by the defeat of a large Zulu army at Rorke's Drift by a small force of British troops. The war eventually resulted in a British victory and the end of the Zulu nation's dominance of the region.

•   The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also known as the Defence of Rorke's Drift, was an engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War. The successful defence of the mission station of Rorke's Drift, under the command of Lieutenants John Chard of the Royal Engineers and Gonville Bromhead, followed Britain's defeat at the Battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879 and continued into the following day.

Just over 150 British and colonial troops defended the station against attacks by 3,000 to 4,000 Zulu warriors. The massive but piecemeal attacks by the Zulu on Rorke's Drift came very close to defeating the much smaller garrison, but were repelled. Eleven Victoria Crosses were awarded to the defenders, along with a number of other decorations and honours.

alwyn_gs · « **Reply #16 on:** March 27, 2019, 10:39:38 pm »

Reen jasse weer uit…

alwyn_gs · « **Reply #17 on:** March 27, 2019, 10:40:10 pm »

Thulani en William

alwyn_gs · « **Reply #18 on:** March 27, 2019, 10:40:34 pm »

Fees Kommitee vir die dag

alwyn_gs · « **Reply #19 on:** March 27, 2019, 10:41:13 pm »

En Thulani verduidlik mooi hoe wat en waar… dit begin ernstig reen en ons skuif na die Musuem stoep.