Beginning of the Battle of Tugela Heights

Date: February 14, 1900 • Location: uThukela District Municipality, South Africa

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1900–1900.

The British Army begins the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.

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