~First Shots of the First Boer War Fired at Bronkhorstspruit on this calendar day~
~First Shots of the First Boer War Fired at Bronkhorstspruit on this calendar day~ The Boers fired the first shots of the First Boer War aka the Transvaal Rebellion when they attacked about 250 British soldiers marching towards Pretoria. Imagine that you’re a British enlisted soldier marching in a land far from home. You’re marching with about 250 other British soldiers and officers towards the capital of the Transvaal, Pretoria (Preh-toria) … when all of a sudden your commanding officer comes sprinting towards your column shouting orders frantically. Before he can reach you… all of your other officers are shot to the ground. You and your comrades have nowhere close to take cover, so you drop into a prone position in the grass just inches away from other buddies in your company and begin returning fire. To your horror, none of your shots find their target. None of your buddies’ shots find their mark either because … your rifles are sited for targets around 400 yards away. Your enemy is