This Day in History: June 8, 1900
Additional Date: June 8, 1900
General Sir Redvers Buller' forces attacked Botha's Pass in Natal. After a five hour battle the Republican forces were in retreat, defeated. His troops relieved British forces at Ladysmith in Natal on 28 February, 1900. The British forces had been under siege by the Boers since 2 November 1899. A key position, Van Wyk's Kop, was too lightly armed to resist the South African Light Horse brigade. General Buller was now free to enter the Orange Free State. The attack by General Buller occurred amid the South African War II, also known as the Second Anglo-Boer War which broke out on 9 October 1899.