Map of the historical Orange Free State (orange), with the Brandwater Basin bottom center to the north east of Basutoland (Lesotho, grey).The Brandwater Basin in Orange Free State, South Africa, 1900. The position of the blocking British troops before the surrender of Prinsloo is shown.Marthinus Prinsloo (1838 - 1903)
The Brandwater Basin is the drainage basin of the Brandwater River (Afrikaans: Brandwaterrivier), a tributary of the Grootspruit River in the south-east of Orange Free State, South Africa, north of Lesotho.[1] The basin is situated south of Bethlehem and south-east of Senekal, between the Witteberg (White Mountains) to the west and north, the Rooiberge (Red Mountains) to the east, and the Drakensberg over the Caledon River to the south. It is also northwest of the Slaapkrans Basin (Afrikaans: Slaapkransbekken) and the Maloti Mountains on the northern border of Lesotho.[1] Towns in the Brandwater Basin are Fouriesburg, founded in 1892,[2] and Clarens, established in 1912.[3]
^ abde Beer, Tina (April 16, 2018). "Clarens History. (Extract from an Article written by Tina de Beer for Open Africa)". clarensnews.co.za. Clarens Guide. Retrieved 23 March 2023. ..Brandwater Basin, an area situated between the town of Fouriesburg and the well-known landmark of Golden Gate. The Brandwater Basin gets its name from the Brandwater River, a tributary of the Caledon River that runs along the foothills of the Maluti Mountains.
^"Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 166.
^"Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. pp. 116–117.
The BrandwaterBasin is the drainage basin of the Brandwater River (Afrikaans: Brandwaterrivier), a tributary of the Grootspruit River in the south-east...
president Steyn to temporarily command Orange Free State troops in the BrandwaterBasin in the east of the Free State. Prinsloo and his men guarded the mountain...
president Steyn Philip Botha and his troops managed to escape from the BrandwaterBasin over the Slabbert's Nek mountain pass on 15 July 1900, while Marthinus...
In July 1900 he joined General Christiaan de Wet's Commando in the BrandwaterBasin. Orange Free State General Marthinus Prinsloo and his men guarded the...
Pretoria, the Boer fighters in the Orange Free State retreated into the BrandwaterBasin, a fertile area in the south-east of the Republic. This offered only...
Froneman and De Wet himself. At the end of July, Fourie escaped from the BrandwaterBasin with 1500 men, where Marthinus Prinsloo surrendered soon after on 30...
van Sannaspos, 31 March 1900) and in the Battle near Brandwaterkom (BrandwaterBasin) he really excelled. Near Pompje he raided a train and all over the...
Regiment". Anglo Boer War. Retrieved 6 March 2016. H W Kinsey, "The BrandwaterBasin and Golden Gate surrenders, 1900", Military History Journal Vol 11...
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commander of five columns that converged on the Free State army camped at BrandwaterBasin, forcing the surrender of 4,314 Boers led by Marthinus Prinsloo. It...
Later he worked with General De Wet in the eastern Free State and BrandwaterBasin. After an argument with De Wet, he decided to join the Transvaal Army...
(OFS). In July Roberts's columns drove the OFS commandos into the BrandwaterBasin where on 20 July 4th (Glamorgan) Co was present when Gen Marthinus...
under the command of Archibald Hunter during the advance into the BrandwaterBasin during July 1900. Due to the slow movement of his supply convoy, the...
Donkerhoek, the Battle of Bronkhorstspruit, the Battle of Bergendal, the BrandwaterBasin, the 1st de Wet hunt, at Gatsrand and at Hartbeesfontein. By 1902 all...
surrender took place on what would become known as 'Surrender Hill in the BrandwaterBasin. By 1902 all Commando remnants were under British military control...
surrender took place on what would become known as Surrender Hill in the BrandwaterBasin. By 1902 all Commando remnants were under British military control...
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