Page: 1 ESTCOURT Estcourt, an important industrial town, also serves a prosperous stock breeding and agricultural area. It is a convenient gateway to some of the Battlefields Route sites. Estcourt , on the banks of the Bushman’s River, was first named Bushmans River ...
Page: 2 COLENSO Colenso, on the banks of the Thukela River in the foothills of the Drakensberg, was originally known as Commando Drift. On 15 December 1899, the town made headlines when British forces under General Sir Redvers Buller made a disastrous attempt to cross th ...
