{{Short description|Irregular cavalry unit}} '''Raaffs Horse''', or Raaff's Transvaal Rangers, was an irregular unit raised by Cmdt Pieter Johannes Edward Raaff<ref name="paget">{{cite book |last=Paget |first=Henry |author-link=Henry Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=59zRAwAAQBAJ |title=A History of the British Cavalry 1816-1919 |date=1982 |publisher=Pen and Sword |isbn=0-436-27327-6 |publication-place=London |page=196 |quote=Transvaal Rangers, was formed by a Boer named Pieter Raaf.}} </ref> with a strength of approximately 140. The Transvaal Rangers enlisted both European and Coloured personnel in its ranks, and recruited large numbers from the Kimberley diamond fields. It served in the 4 July 1879 Battle of Ulundi - the final battle of the Anglo-Zulu War as well as the earlier battles of Hlobane and Kambula.
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==External links== *[http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_detail.php/title=S4841~ser=CAM~view=extract Zulu War - Volunteers, Irregulars and Auxiliaries] *http://www.rorkesdriftvc.com/ulundi/ *http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_ulundi.html {{Authority control}} Category:Anglo-Zulu War