When was the 1st Earl of Ypres born who attacked attacked the Boer force from the rear while mounted infantry?
Battle of Poplar Grove Battle of Poplar Grove. was an incident on 7 March 1900 during the Second Boer War in South Africa. It followed on from the Relief of Kimberley as the British Army moved to take the Boer capital of Bloemfontein. The Boers were demoralised following the surrender of Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg. General Sir John French's cavalry attacked the Boer force from the rear while mounted infantry and horse artillery attacked from the right flank. The Boers abandoned their positions in panic before the cavalry. The commander-in-chief of the Free State forces, Christiaan de Wet, in his book called the chapter on the subject "Wild Flight from Poplar Grove".
John Blake (soldier) John Young Filmore Blake or also known as John Y.F. Blake and J.Y.F. Blake was an American soldier and military writer. He was born October 6, 1856, in Bolivar, Missouri, United States, and died January 24, 1907, in New York City. He was an avowed advocate of resistance to British imperialism worldwide and fought as a foreign volunteer for the Boer republics during the Second Boer War.