Episodes
Sunday May 02, 2021
Sunday May 02, 2021
- Podcast on the Battle of Alexandria: the British victory in Egypt, fought between 8th and 21st March 1801 during the French Revolutionary War, over Napoleon Buonaparte’s vaunted veterans of the Army of Italy: John Mackenzie’s britishbattles.com podcasts
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
- Podcast on the Battle of Flodden: the defeat on 9th September 1513 at the hands of the English that annihilated a generation of Scottish aristocracy including the Scots king, King James IV: John Mackenzie’s britishbattles.com podcasts
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Monday Mar 22, 2021
- Podcast on the Siege of Ladysmith: The siege in Natal during the Boer War that ensnared a British army from 2ndNovember 1899 to 27thFebruary1900, but blocked the Boer invasion of the colony: John Mackenzie’s britishbattles.com podcasts
Saturday Mar 20, 2021
Saturday Mar 20, 2021
- Podcast on the Siege of Kimberley: the diamond-mining town in the north of Cape Colony in Southern Africa, between 14thOctober 1899 and 15thFebruary 1900 in the Boer War, whose relief dominated the strategy of the western British forces: John Mackenzie’s britishbattles.com podcasts
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
- Podcast on the Siege of Mafeking from 14thOctober 1899 to 16thMay 1900 in the Boer War: the siege of the railway town on the border between Bechuanaland and the Transvaal that fired British imagination with its resourceful defence by Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Scout Movement: John Mackenzie’s britishbattles.com podcasts
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
- Podcast on the Battle of Paardeberg: the close fought battle in the Boer War between 18th and 27th February 1900 that ended with the surrender of Cronje’s Boer army to the British: John Mackenzie’s britishbattles.com podcasts
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
- Podcast on the Battles of Val Krantz and Pieters fought between 5th and 28th February 1900 in the Boer War: The third unsuccessful attempt by Buller to push across the Tugela River followed by the fourth, final and successful crossing of the Tugela, leading to the relief of Ladysmith: John Mackenzie’s britishbattles.com podcasts
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
- Podcast on the Battle of Spion Kop fought on 24thJanuary 1900 in the Boer War: the iconic British defeat, during Buller’s second and disastrous attempt to cross the Tugela River and relieve Ladysmith: John Mackenzie’s britishbattles.com podcasts
Sunday Mar 07, 2021
Sunday Mar 07, 2021
- Podcast on the Battle of Colenso: fought on 15thDecember 1899 in the Boer War: Buller’s disastrous first attempt to cross the Tugela River in Natal and relieve Ladysmith, the last of the three battles of ‘Black Week’: John Mackenzie’s britishbattles.com podcasts
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
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