Raaffs Horse, or Raaff's Transvaal Rangers, was an
irregular unit raised by
Cmdt Pieter Johannes Edward Raaff[ ] with a strength of approximately 140. The Transvaal Rangers enlisted both European and
Coloured
Coloureds () are multiracial people in South Africa, Namibia and, to a smaller extent, Zimbabwe and Zambia. Their ancestry descends from the interracial mixing that occurred between Europeans, Africans and Asians. Interracial mixing in South ...
personnel in its ranks, and recruited large numbers from the
Kimberley diamond fields. It served in the 4 July 1879
Battle of Ulundi
The Battle of Ulundi took place at the Zulu capital of Ulundi () on 4 July 1879 and was the last battle of the Anglo-Zulu War. The British Army broke the military power of the Zulu Kingdom by defeating the main Zulu army and capturing and bu ...
- the final battle of the
Anglo-Zulu War
The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in present-day South Africa from January to early July 1879 between forces of the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Two famous battles of the war were the Zulu victory at Battle of Isandlwana, Isandlwana and th ...
as well as the earlier battles of
Hlobane
Hlobane is a town in Zululand District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
Coal-mining centre 27 km east of Vryheid and 31 km south-west of Louwsburg. The locality was known as such in the 19th century and the na ...
and
Kambula
Kambula, Khambula or ( Zulu Nkambule) is a town located at in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa.
It is the location where the Battle of Kambula was fought in 1879, the result of which was a British Empire victory over the Zulu people ...
.
References
External links
Zulu War - Volunteers, Irregulars and Auxiliaries*http://www.rorkesdriftvc.com/ulundi/
*http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_ulundi.html
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