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Map of the war theatre in North Natal during the Second Anglo-Boer War

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English: Map of the North Natal war theatre during the Second Anglo-Boer War.
 
Colony of Natal
 
Hills and mountains
 
Orange Free State
 
Transvaal (or South African Republic)
 
Zululand
  • Indicated in black are the names of territories, towns and hamlets: TRANSVAAL, ORANGE FREE STATE, ZULULAND, (NATAL COLONY on green background), Volksrust, Wakkerstroom, Utrecht, Newcastle, Dundee, Beith, Helpmekaar[1], Rietfontein, Elandslaagte[2], LADYSMITH, Caesar's Camp, Acton Homes, Colenso, Springfield and Weenen.
  • In red are passes, railway routes, railway junctions and halts: Alleman's Neck, Laing's Neck, Ingogo, Glencoe railway junction, Van Reenen's Pass (railway line ended at Harrismith), Van Tonder's Pass, Nicholson's Neck, Chieveley and Frere.
  • In blue are rivers and drifts (i.e. fords): Klip River (a, a southern tributary of the Vaal River, and border between Orange Free State and Transvaal, i.e. South African Republic), Buffalo River, Ingogo River near Ingogo, Blood River[3], De Jager's Drift and Rorke's Drift[4] in Buffalo River, the Waschbank, Sunday's and Klip River (b), all tributaries of the Tugela, and Potgieter's Drift in the Tugela.
  • In dark green are mountains and hills: Verzamelberg, Pougwana, Majuba, Inkwelo, Inkweloana, Spitz Kop, Van Wyk's Kop, Impati Hill, Talana Hill, Lennox Hill, the Biggarsberg and Drakensberg, Lombard's Kop, Bulwana Hill, Spionkop, Vaalkrantz, Pieter's Hill and Hlanghwane Hill.
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Source AnonymousUnknown author (1910) A Handbook of the Boer War - With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans, London & Aldershot: Gale & Polden Ltd
Author Anonymous - marketed by Sutton, Praed & Co (cartographer)
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