South African Infantry Corps Army Territorial Reserve
Garrison/HQ
Marico
Military unit
Marico Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South African Territorial Reserve.
MaricoCommando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South...
The Boer Commandos or "Kommandos" were volunteer military units of guerilla militia organized by the Boer people of South Africa. From this came the term...
Native Commissioner, and Commandant for the Marico district and led the Rustenburg and Maricocommandos during the Second Boer War. Nicknamed Hamerkop...
Beaufort Commando Part of Natal Command in late 1970s. Originally named Empangeni/Richards Bay Commando. The unit was renamed Insele Commando on March 2...
as acting field cornet. He was elected as commandant of the Lydenburg Commando in 1885. When the Second Boer War started, he served as commandant-general...
immediate advance. He fretted over the failure of the northward thrust of the Marico and Rustenburg forces up the railway towards Mahalapye. Characteristically...
prominent role in the forging of the South African Republic, leading its commandos and resolving disputes between the rival Boer leaders and factions. In...
of the Molopo River near Mafeking, while Boer burgers from Rustenburg en Marico protected the ridge on the north bank waiting for the unsuspecting troops...
in terms of the Sand River Convention, between a commando of the ZAR, led by Kruger, and a Commando of the Orange Free State. President Jacobus Nicolaas...
Battle of Gabeni from 4–13 November 1837, led by Potgieter and Uys. The Marico region was eventually evacuated by the Matabele population when, in 1838...
West and Gauteng provinces, South Africa Garden Route Biosphere Reserve Marico Biosphere Reserve Camdeboo National Park – National park at Graaff-Reinet...
Transvaal H.T. Bührmann (1822-1890) asked how far Jerusalem was from the Marico. They felt the trek would take no more than six weeks or two months with...
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