The surrender of Cronje had taken place on February 27th, obliterating for ever the triumphant memories which the Boers had for twenty years associated with that date. A halt was necessary to provide
The surrender of Cronje had taken place on February 27th, obliterating for ever the triumphant memories which the Boers had for twenty years associated with that date. A halt was necessary to provide
It only remains in one short chapter to narrate the progress of the peace negotiations, the ultimate settlement, and th…
IT will be remembered that at the close of 1901 Lord Methuen and Colonel Kekewich had both come across to the eastern s…
At the opening of the year 1902 it was evident to every observer that the Boer resistance, spirited as it was, must be …
The history of the war during the African winter of 1901 has now been sketched, and some account given of the course of…
In the account which has been given in a preceding chapter of the invasion of Cape Colony by the Boer forces, it was sh…
The African winter extends roughly from April to September, and as the grass during that period would be withered on th…
Three consecutive chapters have now given some account of the campaign of De Wet, of the operations in the Transvaal up…
(DECEMBER 1900 TO APRIL 1901.) During the whole war the task of the British had been made very much more difficult by …
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