The Second Anglo Boer War started on the 11th of October 1899, after an ultimatum was handed over to the British.
Johannesburg fell to the British on the 1st of May 1900 and three days later British troops were engaged in skirmishes with commandos at Six Mile Spruit, Zwartkop and Irene.
To protect the railway bridge over the Six Mile Spruit from any further threats, Mounted Infantry, two companies 2nd Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and Northumberland Fusiliers (released prisoners) were stationed here, what later became known as Cornwall Hill, overlooking the drift and bridge. A Blockhouse and three smaller redoubts were also erected to protect the area.
Sadly, the fortifications have long disappeared, but about four decades later, the Van der Byl family restored the walls of one of the fortifications and erected a monolith here. However, the inscriptions on the monolith does not reflect these events during the Anglo Boer War.
The cache is not inside the rock wall, please do not dismantle it in your search.
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