Voortrekkers: Gebeure

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Contents 1 Ithaleni Hinderlaag 1.1 Die Trek families 2 Mosega 3 Veglaer by Boesmans rivier 4 Army of Natal at Ndondakusuka 5 Sources 5.1 What Links Here

Ithaleni Hinderlaag

11 Apr 1838^[1]

On the llth of April they came in sight of a division of the Zulu army, which they attacked impetuously, and were drawn into a skilfully planned ambuscade. Before them were two parallel ranges of hills, between which was a long defile, and into this the farmers were led by the Zulus apparently retreating before them. Uys's division was in advance. When in the narrowest part of the gorge they found themselves surrounded by an immense force which had been lying in ambush, and by which they were so hemmed in that they could not fall back rapidly after firing and again load and charge, as was their mode of fighting with Moselekatse. The horses of Potgieter's division became almost unmanageable through the din created by the Zulus striking their shields. There ^ as but one course open. The farmers directed all their fire upon one mass of the enemy, when, having cleared a path by shooting down hundreds at once, they rushed through and escaped. They left their led horses, baggage, and spare ammunition behind.

The loss of the farmers in this engagement was tea men,° among them the Commandant Pieter Lavras Uys. He was assisting a woundtd comrade when he received an assagai stab. As he fell he called out to his followers to leave him and fight their way out, for he. must die. His son, Dirk Cornelis Uys, a boy of fifteen years of age, was some distance off, but looking about he saw his father OQ the ground, and a Zulu in the act of stubbing him. The gallant youth turned his horse and rode to help his parent, but could only die at his side. Englishmen will remember how bravely another son of the same Commandant Uys conducted himself forty-one years later in our war with Cetywayo, and the manner of his death at Hlobane on the 28th of March 1879

Oorlede

1. Pieter Lafras Uys, Uys-14
   1. Nota: Kommandant
2. Dirk Cornelis Uys, Uys-321
   1. Nota: Dirk Cornelis Uys, Pieter se seun 15jr oud, Oorweldig toe hy sy pa wou help.
3. Joseph Kruger, Kruger-1559
   1. Nota:
4. Francois Labuachagne
   1. Nota: Frans Labuschagne (or Bronkhorst?)
5. David Malan, Malan-162
   1. Nota:
6. Jacobus Malan, Malan-161
   1. Nota: Jacobus Malan Dawid Malan's son
7. Johannes Malan
   1. Nota: Johannes Malan Dawid Malan's son
8. Louis Nel, Nel-1466?Nel-1155?
   1. Nota: Louis Nel Pieter Nel's brother
9. Pieter Nel
   1. Nota:
10. Theunis Nel
    1. Nota: Gert Nel Pieter Nel's cousin

Die Trek families

Potgieter as kommandant, Potgieter-13

Carel Cilliers met vrou en ses kinders, Cilliers-32

Johannes du Toit en familie Du_Toit-3378

Johannes Botha en familie, Botha-177

Kruger drie families Kruger-324 Kruger-801 Kruger-1548

Liebenberg agt families

Brookhuizen vier families (Broekhuijzen)

Britz vier families

Rensburgh drie families (Janse van Rensburg)

Mosega

17 January 1837

107 Voortrekkers

40 mounted Griquas under Pieter Dawids

60 members of the Barolong tribe on foot - veewagters

Veglaer by Boesmans rivier

Augustus 1838

Oorlede

1. Vlodman
   1. Nota: Moontlik Vlotman

Army of Natal at Ndondakusuka

This subsection will in future be migrated to the Natal sub-project

17 April 1838

Oorlede

1. Robbert Biggar Biggar-385
   1. Nota:
2. Henry Batts
   1. Nota:
3. C Blanckenberg
   1. Nota:
4. William Bottomley
   1. Nota:
5. John Cane
   1. Nota:
6. Thomas Carden
   1. Nota:
7. John Campbell
   1. Nota:
8. Thomas Campbell
   1. Nota:
9. Richard Lovedale
   1. Nota:
10. Robbert Russel
    1. Nota:
11. John Stubbs Stubbs-2516
    1. Nota: *1807 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England, Clark's party on the Northampton sv John Stubbs en Ann Campbell
12. Richard Wood
    1. Nota:
13. William Wood
    1. Nota:
14. 1000 Natal boorlinge

Escaped

1. Dick King, King-7196
   1. Nota: Richard Philip King, Bradshaw's party on the Kennersley Castle sv Phillip Richard King, en Anna Maria Silverstone
2. :Richard (or George) Duffy, ?Duffy-1067
   1. Nota:
3. Joseph Brown,
   1. Nota:
4. Robert Joyce, ?Joyce-5455
   1. Nota:
5. about 500 Natal boorlinge

Sources

1. ↑ p109 Theal

• Boers and Bantu, a history of the wanderings and wars of the emigrant farmers from their leaving the Cape Colony to the overthrow of Dingan p109-p117 Theal, George McCall, 1837-1919 Publication date 1886 Publisher Cape Town : Saul Solomon

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