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Rensburg Siding now called Hugoslaagte, Northern Cape 2 years 1 month ago #88592

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Yesterday, 14 February was the anniversary of the fighting which occurred at Rensburg Siding, Northern Cape in 1900, where the Wiltshire Regiment lost two companies taken prisoner.

Rensburg Siding is now called Hugoslaagte 30.8389° S, 25.0764° E

Google maps shows two images, one of a station or railway building which stands there and one which is a view towards the site from the N9 road.

I would like to know if that building dates from 1900. If so, does anyone have an image of how it looked then, or if it is newer, if anyone has an image of how Hugoslaagte looks now?

Thank you

Ian
Author of “War on the Veldt. The Anglo-Boer War Experiences of the Wiltshire Regiment” published 2024 by the Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum.

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