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Laing's Nek
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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A pass through the Drakensberg, South Africa, immediately north of Majuba, at an elevation of 5400 to 6000 ft. It is the lowest part of a ridge which slopes from Majuba to the Buffalo river, and before the opening of the railway in 1891 the road over the nek was the main artery of communication between Durban and Pretoria. The railway pierces the nek by a tunnel 2213 ft. long. When the Boers rose in revolt in December 1880 they occupied Laing's Nek to oppose the entry of British reinforcements into the Transvaal. On the 28th of January 1881 a small British force endeavoured to drive the Boers from the pass, but was forced to retire.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Laing's Nek'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/l/laings-nek.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Laing's Nek'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/l/laings-nek.html. 1910.
