Heroic act by boer soldier Windvogel

Date: 31 May 1901
Updated: 22 Aug 2019

During the South African War (Anglo-Boer War 2), General Kemp attacked Brigadier-General Dixon at Vlakfontein and captured the field guns. Dixon launched a counterattack and Kemp withdrew. During the Republican withdrawal, an after-rider, Windvogel, acted heroically when he rushed to the aid of a burgher. Under a hail of bullets he helped him into the saddle and he covered his retreat, dismounting several times to shoot at pursuers. Source: Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology , Pretoria: Lapa.

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