BAILLIE – WILLIAM LYON DENNISTOUN
| Born: 1872/08/11 Rank: CAPT. Regiment: ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS GPS: S26°42.764 E27°05.248 |
Reason for death: KILLED IA Place of death: FREDERICKSTAD Date of death: 1900/10/25 Memorial: POTCHEFSTROOM |
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THE FORCES OF GENERAL CHRISTIAAN DE WET AND GENERAL P.J. LIEBENBERG ON THE BOER SIDE AND GENERAL GEOFFREY BARTON ON THE BRITISH SIDE WERE INVOLVED IN THE BATTLE OF FREDERIKSTAD. IT HAD BEEN NOTED BY THE BOERS THAT THE BRITISH RELIED FOR THEIR DAILY WATER SUPPLY ON A SMALL DAM, SITUATED AT THE RAILWAY BRIDGE, OVER A SMALL STREAM THAT RAN INTO THE MOOI RIVER. SOME 80 BOERS WERE ENTRENCHED AT THE BRIDGE. IN THE BELIEF THAT THE BRIDGE WAS LIGHTLY DEFENDED, GENERAL BARTON DETAILED A COMPANY OF THE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS UNDER CAPTAIN BAILLIE TO DRIVE THE BOERS OFF. THE FUSILIERS ATTACKED FROM SOUTH HILL BUT WERE BEATEN OFF SUFFERING CASUALTIES, WITH BAILLIE, HIMSELF BEING KILLED. (SOURCE – 24 BATTLES AND BATTLEFIELDS OF THE NORTH-WEST PROVINCE).
