Pieter's Hill (Second Boer War)

The scene of the severest fighting in the course of Sir Redvers Buller's final and succe ful attempt to relieve Lady smith. The operations commenced by the capture of Hlangwane, on February 19, 1900, which gave the British command of the Tugela, which was cro ed on the 21st. On the 22nd a steady advance was made up to the line of Pieter's Hill, which was attacked by the Irish Brigade, under General Hart, on the 23rd. At a cost of nearly half their numbers, they succeeded in establishing themselves under cover, close to the Boer trenches, but could not dislodge the defenders. It was not till the 27th, when Buller had turned the Boer left, that a general a ault was succe ful, and the Boers evacuated the position. The British lo es during the operations were 1,896 killed and wounded.