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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. V (of VI) - From the Disaster at Koorn Spruit to Lord Roberts's entry into Pretoria - -Author: Louis Creswicke - -Release Date: October 10, 2012 [EBook #41017] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SOUTH AFRICA, TRANSVAAL WAR, VOL V *** - - - - -Produced by Brownfox and the Online Distributed Proofreading -Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from -images generously made available by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 41017 ***</div> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_i" id="Page_i">[Pg i]</a></span></p> @@ -935,7 +897,7 @@ convoy was moving from Thabanchu. Quickly a council of war was gathered together. It was a matter of life or death. De Wet, with Piet de Wet, Piet Cronje, Wessel, Nell, and Fourie, put their heads together and schemed. They were doubtless assisted -by the foreign attachés who were present. The result of the +by the foreign attachés who were present. The result of the hurried meeting was the division of the Boer force into three commandos. The General himself, with 400 men, decided to strain every nerve to reach Koorn Spruit and ensconce himself before the @@ -1262,7 +1224,7 @@ rushing to the assistance of the wounded, many being stricken down in the midst of their splendid labours. Roberts’s Horse made themselves worthy of the noble soldier who godfathered them, and one—a trooper of the name of Tod—a prodigy of valour, rode -deliberately into the <i>mêlée</i> in search of the wounded, and returned +deliberately into the <i>mêlée</i> in search of the wounded, and returned with the dead weight of a helpless man in his arms, under the fierce fire of the foe. If disaster does nothing more, it breeds heroes. The melancholy affair of Koorn Spruit brought to light the superb @@ -1356,7 +1318,7 @@ ground. The shelling was most trying, as we had to stand quite still for twenty minutes a living target.”</p> <p>A laughing philosopher, a Democritus of the nineteenth century, -gave to the world, <i>viâ</i> the <i>Pall Mall Gazette</i>, his curious experiences. +gave to the world, <i>viâ</i> the <i>Pall Mall Gazette</i>, his curious experiences. Among other things he said:—</p> <p>“Roberts’s Horse was ordered to trot off to the right of the convoy. @@ -1397,7 +1359,7 @@ warm corner?’ says he to the bugler. ‘Oh yes,’ says the little chap, quite cheerfully and untruthfully. The General remarked, laughing, that <i>he</i> hadn’t. I felt sorry for him, and heard the newsboys shouting, ‘Another British disaster!’ and the Continental<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[Pg 13]</a></span> -papers, ‘Nouvelle défaite des Anglais! Yah!’ It was the greatest +papers, ‘Nouvelle défaite des Anglais! Yah!’ It was the greatest fun out, barring the loss of the guns and men. For we were not losing a situation of strategic importance or anything of that kind. The Boers had collared our blankets and things, but we chuckled @@ -1589,7 +1551,7 @@ from Springfontein to the spot, while the Cameron Highlanders were despatched from Bloemfontein to Bethanie.</p> <p>General Gatacre, with his main body and an advance guard of -mounted infantry under Colonel Sitwell, then marched <i>viâ</i> Edenburg +mounted infantry under Colonel Sitwell, then marched <i>viâ</i> Edenburg to the succour of the detachment. On the morning of the 4th, Colonel Sitwell having arrived at Bethanie, some fifteen miles from Mosterts Hok, heard sounds of artillery in the distance, and @@ -1891,7 +1853,7 @@ magnificent one, and the surroundings very pleasant, but our jailer, a Landdrost and our guards, the Zarps, never forgot to remind us of the fact that we were prisoners. The food we got from Government sufficed for one meal; the rest we had to buy, being charged most exorbitant prices. When I left, the -officers’ mess amounted to £1600 per month for 144 officers. On my arrival, +officers’ mess amounted to £1600 per month for 144 officers. On my arrival, I was asked by the officers to conduct service for them every Sunday, in addition to that held by an Anglican clergyman. For two Sundays, therefore, we had two services a day, and then Winston Churchill escaped, and the @@ -2181,7 +2143,7 @@ twenty miles east of Pretoria.</p> <img src="images/illus_047.png" width="607" height="367" alt="New Camp for British Prisoners at Pretoria." title="" /> <div><span class="caption smcap">New Camp for British Prisoners at Pretoria.<br /></span> <br /> -<span class="small">(Drawing by J. Schönberg.)</span> +<span class="small">(Drawing by J. Schönberg.)</span> </div></div> <p>On the left of the railway line ran the river, and as they toiled on—the @@ -2284,7 +2246,7 @@ all accounts—they got, on the 24th of March, to the Transvaal Delagoa Bay Colliery; and here for some days following a con<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[Pg 32]</a></span>spiracy was set on foot to buy some bales of wool, sufficient to make a truck load, and forward the bales, plus the escaped prisoners, to a -firm at Lorenço Marques. The scheme succeeded, though only after +firm at Lorenço Marques. The scheme succeeded, though only after some smart and sympathetic manœuvring on the part of the newly found British friends, and many hours of terrible risk and suspense. Finally, to the intense joy of the two adventurous ones, they found @@ -2294,7 +2256,7 @@ They were the heroes of the hour, for every one had heard of their story and was expecting them, Sergeant Brockie having preceded them after some equally exciting experiences.</p> -<p>On the 6th of April the gallant pair left Lorenço Marques for +<p>On the 6th of April the gallant pair left Lorenço Marques for Durban, Captain Aylmer Haldane hastening to rejoin his regiment, the 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders, at Ladysmith, and Mr. Le Mesurier (Dublin Fusiliers) going round to join General Hunter’s @@ -2571,7 +2533,7 @@ on behalf of the Widows’ and Orphans’ Funds of London and Bloemfontein. The originality of the scheme and the interest thereof lay in the fact that conquerors and conquered met together on the common ground of charity, and mutually contributed to make -the undertaking a success. £300 were realised. Mr. Rudyard +the undertaking a success. £300 were realised. Mr. Rudyard Kipling put forth his quota. He did honour to the Colonials in verse, and this ditty, to the tune of “Auld Lang Syne,” was sung<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[Pg 38]</a></span> by Miss Fraser, the daughter of Mr. Steyn’s former opponent for @@ -2847,10 +2809,10 @@ The group left behind will be under the orders of Nicollet. The men will remain standing at the head of the horses, which will be saddled and bridled, the cart boys at the head of the mules, all ready harnessed.</p> -<p>“At half-past eleven, the attacking party will march in three échelons, -twenty mètres apart, the centre in the van. The centre échelon, under the +<p>“At half-past eleven, the attacking party will march in three échelons, +twenty mètres apart, the centre in the van. The centre échelon, under the special direction of the General, will be formed by the French platoon. The -centre échelon, commanded by Commandant Saeremburg, will consist of one-half +centre échelon, commanded by Commandant Saeremburg, will consist of one-half of the Dutch, and the left, under Lieutenant Bock, of the other half. Furthermore, the men who have been in the habit of messing together in groups will appoint a leader, from whom they will on no account separate nor get @@ -2864,23 +2826,23 @@ here.</p> voice, and the men will be ranged in line, so that they can see the heads of groups and lie down instantly. It is of importance, also, to watch the investigations of the search-light, if the English have one at Boshof, which has not yet -been ascertained. The moment the ray is turned towards the échelon, the leader +been ascertained. The moment the ray is turned towards the échelon, the leader will make his group lie down, and the march will not be resumed until the light is turned away. At the rise of Kopje D, a halt will be made behind the -cemetery, and the Saeremburg échelon will carry the kopje by assault and will +cemetery, and the Saeremburg échelon will carry the kopje by assault and will occupy it. From there it will hold ... the two kraals Z Z, where the English encamped in the market-place in Boshof itself could make the first attempt at resistance. In no case, for an easily understood reason, will it fire upon the town. Firing, moreover, can only be carried out by volleys discharged by word of command given by the head of each group.</p> -<p>“Continuing their march, the two other échelons will pass a well behind the +<p>“Continuing their march, the two other échelons will pass a well behind the kraals, and will attack the English camp outside the town. In this effect, the -French échelon, after firing two volleys, will advance at the charge, with the cry, +French échelon, after firing two volleys, will advance at the charge, with the cry, ‘Transvaal and Free State!’ and will thus complete the panic. As there are no bayonets, the rifles will be kept loaded and carried under the arms at the position of the charge. After having crossed the camp from the east to the -south, the rout will be accomplished by firing. Lieutenant Bock’s échelon will +south, the rout will be accomplished by firing. Lieutenant Bock’s échelon will remain under the orders of the General, as a reserve, should the Boers placed on the Kimberley road on the Kopje C have to deal with the fugitives. He could also render assistance, if the enemy issuing from Boshof should endeavour @@ -3270,7 +3232,7 @@ general community. Our sources of supply have been chiefly through Mr. Weil, who had a large stock on hand for the provisioning of the garrison, until the contract terminated at the beginning of February. Since then supplies have been collected from various merchants, storekeepers, and private -persons and stored in the Army Service Corps depôt, and from the original +persons and stored in the Army Service Corps depôt, and from the original Army Service Corps stocks, of which forage and oats formed a great proportion. Fresh beef is obtained by purchase from a private individual named White, and in a lesser degree from the natives.</p> @@ -3329,7 +3291,7 @@ it into a place of safety, it would be the highest horse that was ever exhibited by the time it got there, and the building wouldn’t hold it. The community was almost entirely a teetotal one. “Wee drappies” grew so wee as to be almost invisible, and when a case of whisky -was raffled for it fetched £107, 10s.!<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[Pg 53]</a></span></p> +was raffled for it fetched £107, 10s.!<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[Pg 53]</a></span></p> <p>On the 29th a military tournament was held, whereat a great display of cheerfulness was affected, to cover the fact that fever, @@ -3981,7 +3943,7 @@ British armies, they were in receipt of information regarding a grand scheme for mopping them up, and after taking a last sullen, despairing lunge they took themselves off.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[Pg 66]</a></span></p> -<p>On the morning of the 25th a serpentine <i>cortège</i> of waggons and +<p>On the morning of the 25th a serpentine <i>cortège</i> of waggons and carts and riders was seen winding its way in the direction of Ladybrand. Colonel Dalgety half suspected that Brabant’s force would presently appear and chase this retreating company, and got himself @@ -4475,7 +4437,7 @@ commanded by Colonel Jeffreys, R.A. It comprised the 38th, 69th, 74th, 77th, and 79th Field Batteries. The Boers, disposed by De Wet, occupied a position astride the country from Leeuw Kop to Wepener, those in the former place covering those in the latter, -and <i>vice versâ</i>.</p> +and <i>vice versâ</i>.</p> <p>About the 20th the troops, under Sir Leslie Rundle, were approaching Dewetsdorp, keeping the Boers in a perpetual state of @@ -5237,7 +5199,7 @@ that early leniency had brought about. Wherever farmers who had made their submission were discovered to be again fighting, their property had been confiscated. Forage had been taken and receipts given as a rule, thus preventing the surrounding farms from becoming -depôts for the enemy. Such precautions adopted earlier would +depôts for the enemy. Such precautions adopted earlier would have averted many bloody tussles and much inconvenience and loss of time, for <i>sans</i> forage the raiding capabilities of the various commandos would have been sorely handicapped.</p> @@ -6446,7 +6408,7 @@ and wearing on their faces the air of honest satisfaction at work accomplished—pride in themselves and in their admired Chief. The procession was headed by Lord Roberts’s bodyguards, who were all of them Colonials. Following them came the staff and -foreign attachés, then trooped in the North Somerset Company +foreign attachés, then trooped in the North Somerset Company of the Imperial Yeomanry, a stalwart and bronzed host; after which marched General Pole-Carew’s Division, consisting of the Guards, the 18th Brigade, the Naval Brigade, the 83rd, 84th, and 85th @@ -7868,7 +7830,7 @@ Canadians, English, Scots, and Irishmen, Indians, Cape Boys—all following one another, unit after unit, like some quaint scenic procession of the nations. There were the bronzed colonels—Baden-Powell, and Mahon, and Plumer, now household names<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_137" id="Page_137">[Pg 137]</a></span> -throughout the world—accompanied by their staffs, the <i>élite</i> of the +throughout the world—accompanied by their staffs, the <i>élite</i> of the embattled array. There were the glorious 12-pounders—M Battery of the Royal Horse Artillery, whose every limber looked dear to the eyes that long had been strained in eagerness for their coming—and @@ -8193,7 +8155,7 @@ any nation has been called upon to endure.</p> <p>From the 12th to the 22nd of May was spent by the main army, at Kroonstad, where, owing to sickness and other causes, a halt was obligatory. It was necessary that -supplies should be collected, an advanced depôt formed, +supplies should be collected, an advanced depôt formed, the railway repaired, and the safety of both flanks secured. Meanwhile, efforts were made to protect the farmers who had surrendered from the revengeful tactics of the Boers. @@ -8502,7 +8464,7 @@ cover after accomplishing their object.</p> seized the station, and, with it, three locomotives whose steam was up ready for departure. But the enemy were in strength there—they were at least strong in proportion to the twenty dashing Yorkshire -men who had plunged into the mêlée, and these gallant fellows +men who had plunged into the mêlée, and these gallant fellows found themselves in a critical position, fighting like demons for their hardly-earned prize with desperate men, whose sole source of salvation lay in the locomotives that stolidly panted and wheezed @@ -9028,7 +8990,7 @@ sent from Kroonstad to join General Colvile’s force, were caught by the enemy a few miles short of their destination.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_162" id="Page_162">[Pg 162]</a></span></p> <p>They were in the awkward position of having missed General -Colvile and lost a <i>pied-à-terre</i> at Lindley.</p> +Colvile and lost a <i>pied-à -terre</i> at Lindley.</p> <p>In this dilemma a message was sent to General Rundle informing him of the desperate quandary.</p> @@ -9300,7 +9262,7 @@ were set free.”</p></blockquote> <p>In regard to the loss of the Duke of Cambridge’s Yeomanry, there was a good deal of criticism, and accounts dealing with the -<i>raison d’être</i> of the disaster vary. Mr. Winston Churchill, in +<i>raison d’être</i> of the disaster vary. Mr. Winston Churchill, in support of Sir H. Colvile, declared that it was sent out with the absurdly inadequate escort by the fiat of a higher authority, with the full knowledge that Heilbron was surrounded by a force of @@ -9343,7 +9305,7 @@ non-commissioned officers and men.</p> <blockquote class="small"><p>13th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry—Lieutenant-Colonel Spragge, Lieutenant-Colonel Holland, Captain Robinson, Captain Humby, Lieutenant Mitchell, Lieutenant Stannus, Lieutenant the Earl of Leitrim, Lieutenant -Rutledge, Lieutenant Montgomery, Lieutenant Lane, Lieutenant Du Pré, +Rutledge, Lieutenant Montgomery, Lieutenant Lane, Lieutenant Du Pré, Lieutenant Donnelly, Sergeant Wright, Sergeant Woodhouse. Captain Keith had been killed in the affair of the 29th, when Captain Sir J. Power was dangerously wounded, and Captain the Earl of Longford, Lieutenants Stuart, @@ -9898,7 +9860,7 @@ the disaster, but what with the crackling glare of the flamboyant grass, the suffocating clouds of smoke, and the deceptive darkness of the gloaming, Colonel Bethune dared not open fire at close quarters lest he should injure his own already wounded force. -Gallantly the men of D squadron dashed into the mêlée, and +Gallantly the men of D squadron dashed into the mêlée, and rescued from thence such troopers as survived. Lieutenant Capell, who gave his horse to an injured trooper, was taken prisoner, and Lord De la Warr, while going to the relief of another, was slightly @@ -10486,7 +10448,7 @@ pavement by the side of the marble monsters; and their occupation, now and henceforth, was ended!</p> <p>At two o’clock, on the 5th of June, came the grand finale. Lord -Roberts, Lord Kitchener, the Staff, and foreign attachés, numbering +Roberts, Lord Kitchener, the Staff, and foreign attachés, numbering nearly 300, formed up in the main square in the centre of the magnificent official buildings, and there, once more, was hoisted the British flag amid the cheers—sincere and insincere—of the populace. @@ -10499,7 +10461,7 @@ in their bucolic best, wide-mouthed, wide-eyed, stood watching the vast procession, the like of which the little town had never before beheld.</p> -<p>Particularly remarkable among the vast cortège of seasoned +<p>Particularly remarkable among the vast cortège of seasoned warriors were the patriotic C.I.V.’s, whose soldierly bearing drew forth eulogies from the chief himself. All were agreed that they were the finest body of men that had ever been seen, and every one @@ -10928,7 +10890,7 @@ at Kimberley: Lieutenant Grant.</p> <p class="hangindent"><b>22.</b>—In action at Arundel: Captain A. F. Wallis. In action at Pieters -Drift: Lieutenant R. H. C. Coë. +Drift: Lieutenant R. H. C. Coë. In action at Ladysmith: Lieutenant R. W. Pearson, Lieutenant the Hon. R. Cathcart, and Second @@ -10973,7 +10935,7 @@ Major E. W. Yeatherd.</p> W. M. O’Leary, Major V. Lewis, Captain H. S. Sykes, Lieutenant H. L. Mourilyan, Lieutenant -H. B. Onraët, Second +H. B. Onraët, Second Lieutenant F. J. T. U. Simpson, and Second Lieutenant C. J. Daly.</p> @@ -11331,7 +11293,7 @@ Edinburgh & London</p> <p class="hangindent">Page 55: skurry as in the original</p> <p class="hangindent">Page 59: caldron as in the original</p> <p class="hangindent">Page 70: Sqadrons corrected to Squadrons</p> -<p class="hangindent">Page 74: Variable presence of acute accent on échelon as in the original</p> +<p class="hangindent">Page 74: Variable presence of acute accent on échelon as in the original</p> <p class="hangindent">Page 75: screeened corrected to screened</p> <p class="hangindent">Page 99: ariving corrected to arriving</p> <p class="hangindent">Page 100: franctically corrected to frantically</p> @@ -11345,7 +11307,7 @@ Edinburgh & London</p> <p class="hangindent">Page 155: Landrost standardised to Landdrost</p> <p class="hangindent">Page 157: Variable spelling of horse(-)shoe as in the original</p> <p class="hangindent">Page 164: fusilade corrected to fusillade</p> -<p class="hangindent">Page 169: Variable circumflex accent on depôt as in the original</p> +<p class="hangindent">Page 169: Variable circumflex accent on depôt as in the original</p> <p class="hangindent">Page 172: Nordenfelts corrected to Nordenfeldts</p> <p class="hangindent">Page 176: Variable hyphenation of battle(-)field as in the original</p> <p class="hangindent">Page 180: duplicate "had" removed from "If this step had had not been taken"</p> @@ -11356,384 +11318,9 @@ Edinburgh & London</p> <p class="hangindent">General: Variable hyphenation of head(-)quarters as in the original text</p> <p class="hangindent">General: Variable hyphenation of mid(-)day as in the original text</p> <p class="hangindent">General: Variable hyphenation of rear(-)guard as in the original text</p> -<p class="hangindent">General: Variable circumflex accent on viâ as in the original text</p> +<p class="hangindent">General: Variable circumflex accent on viâ as in the original text</p> </div> - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of South Africa and the Transvaal War, -Vol. V (of VI), by Louis Creswicke - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SOUTH AFRICA, TRANSVAAL WAR, VOL V *** - -***** This file should be named 41017-h.htm or 41017-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/1/0/1/41017/ - -Produced by Brownfox and the Online Distributed Proofreading -Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from -images generously made available by The Internet Archive) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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