The South African Brigade in Europe

摘要

When the 1 st South African Infantry Brigade launched theirattack in the vicinity of Zonnebeke, early in the morning on 20 September 1917, in what was later officially called 'the Battle of the Menin Road', their war record was already quite impressive. The brigade had been raised and trained in Potchefstroom in August 1915 to serve overseas. A lot of the 'boys' had already been involved in the South West Africa campaign in what is now Namibia but was then a German protectorate.