The following battles of the First Boer War are described and illustrated under this title:
![Battle of Majuba Hill on 27th February 1881 in the First Boer War: General Colley is shown on the left: picture by Richard Caton Woodville: buy a black and white version of this picture](https://www.britishbattles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Majuba-Hill-by-RCW.jpg)
Battle of Majuba Hill on 27th February 1881 in the First Boer War: General Colley is shown on the left: picture by Richard Caton Woodville: buy a black and white version of this picture
Battle of Laing’s Nek: The first of Britain’s long list of defeats at the hands of the Boers, fought in Natal on 28th January 1881.
Battle of Majuba Hill: The disastrous British defeat at the hands of the Boers in Natal on 27th February 1881, leading to independence for the two Boer states.
![92nd Highlanders scale the hillside at the Battle of Majuba Hill on 27th February 1881 in the First Boer War: picture by Richard Caton Woodville](https://www.britishbattles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/british-92nd-highlanders-skirmish-with-dutch-boers-in-the-transvaal.jpg)
92nd Highlanders scale the hillside at the Battle of Majuba Hill on 27th February 1881 in the First Boer War: picture by Richard Caton Woodville