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Events on Tuesday 24 May 1842 1
1842Battle of CongellaBoers and British clash at Port NatalBritish troops under Captain Thomas Smith attacked the Boer camp at Congella near Port Natal and were driven back. Dick King then rode about 960 kilometres to Grahamstown to get help. Reinforcements lifted the siege, and Natal was later annexed by Britain.