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These telegrams journalise the restlessness of the skilled warrior who looks beyond his minor rôle beyond mere partisan scurrying to and fro to the great something to which he contributes. Lord Roberts availed himself ably of the disquiet caused by French. As the fulness of time approached for the relief of Kimberley, the forces about Naauwport grew larger and more restless than ever.
Charteris and Bird were in charge of the tent, and tell the same blessed story of nightly effort and nightly success. =Experiences at Arundel and Colesberg.= From De Aar, Naauwport, and Arundel we have before us several graphic letters from the Rev. M.F. Crewdson, late of Johannesburg. Mr. Crewdson is a Wesleyan minister, and for conspicuous service on the field was appointed acting chaplain.
Stormberg and Naauwport were also junctions, secondary only, if secondary, to De Aar, in the strategic importance that always attaches to cross-roads. "The famous fighting Northumberlands came crawling up behind our train, and may now be at Naauwport or De Aar. Total, say, 4,100 infantry, of whom 600 mounted; no cavalry, no field guns.
The gain of Kimberley, had they gained it, would have been poor compensation for the daily increasing solidity of the still weak British grasp on the central positions outlined by De Aar, Orange River and Naauwport.
The railway north Yesterday's start Travelling made easy Feeding horses A menu De Aar A new climate Naauwport Over the frontier Bloemfontein A fiasco To camp again The right section Diary days Riding exercise A bit of history Longman's Hospital The watering-place Artillery at drill A review A camp rumour A taste of freedom A tent scene. From my diary: "May 20. Sunday.
Noting the natural military line of the Orange River, the importance of which in more military countries would be emphasized by corresponding works of precaution, for defence and for movement, in its vicinity, it will be observed that parallel to it, at a distance of about fifty miles, within the borders of the colony, there is the stretch of railway from Stormberg, via Rosmead Junction and Naauwport, to De Aar.
Another interesting and far from improbable story was current at the time, that Joubert's retirement was due to peremptory orders from Pretoria, elicited by the progress of Methuen, the operations around Naauwport, and the increase of British force in that central region which French's movements, and those of Gatacre before Stormberg, seemed to indicate.
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