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Colenso Railway Bridge after reconstruction, using iron spans made by the Patent Shaft and Axletree Company. See: Colenso Bridge




And a postcard, similarly showing the new bridge.




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Neville - I don't know where you find all these photographs from but I am very glad and grateful that you do! - Regards, David.

I'm busy working on a translation of Generaal Louis Botha op die Natalse Front...
Could I ask whether anyone could consult British maps and tell me if any name was given to the Rooirantjies (literally: "little red ridges") just north of the Colenso railway bridge?
Many thanks!
Rob

Rob,

The Official History and Jeans label them simply as "Colenso Kopjes".

The northernmost feature appears to have gained the name "Howitzer Ridge" after the Battle of Pieters (Royal Engineers Papers).

Neville




.Official History, Vol 1, Map 15


.Jeans, Naval Brigades in the South African War, map facing p. 234




.Professional Papers of the Royal Engineers, 1904 (Pieters's Hill: A Tactical Study)

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