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Updated: May 2, 2025
The first dim rays of the day came over the tops of the eastern hills when the burghers were aroused and asked to proceed to the positions chosen by their leaders. The men under Peter De Wet, the younger brother of the Commandant-General, were led to an elevation about a mile and a half south of Sannaspost, where they placed their cannon into position and waited for the break of day.
Commandant-General Joubert set an example to his men by having Mrs. Joubert continually with him on his campaigning trips, and the burghers were not slow in patterning after him.
Botha attained the post of Commandant-General through the illness of Meyer, who would undoubtedly have been Joubert's successor if he had not fallen ill at an important period of the campaign, but the fact that the pupil became the superior officer of the instructor never strained the amicable relations of the two men.
Luckily the railway to Barberton was still in our possession, and at Belfast the families were taken over from the British authorities, to be sent to Barberton direct. While this was being done near Belfast under my direction, the unpleasant news came that our camp was entirely destroyed by a grass fire. The Commandant-General and myself had set up our camp near Dalmanutha Station.
No one with any heart could remain indifferent to it. If there was one thing which more than anything else made him respect Commandant-General Botha, it was that the Commandant-General had the heart to feel, and the courage to express, the importance of that consideration. The present war was one of the saddest that had ever been waged.
Funds for this purpose, repayable by instalments extending over a number of years, shall be advanced free of interest by the Government." Lord Milner: "If we come to an agreement, it will be the English document which will be wired to England, on which His Majesty's Government will decide, and which will be signed." Commandant-General Botha: "Will not a Dutch translation be annexed?"
On the following day, there was another grand convocation at the cathedral, when the vigils and masses for the dead were solemnly chanted by the archbishop, accompanied by the commandant-general of the armada, the Dominican and Franciscan friars, and the friars of the order of Mercy, together with the rest of the distinguished assemblage.
Commandant-General Botha: "Am I to understand that you mean that we are getting away from the point in discussion?" Lord Milner: "This document contains your view of the matter, so we are now aware of your idea." Commandant-General Botha: "We must know what to say to the delegates." Lord Kitchener: "Is this the only point you wish to bring forward, or are there others in addition?"
Commandant-General L. Botha opened the proceedings in the following words: "Allow me to state that, although the negotiations have taken a longer time than we expected, I am able to assure your Excellencies that we are acting in good faith, and that everything has been done with the sole aim of concluding the peace which we all desire.
Lord Kitchener: "We can take those proposals into consideration, but I cannot see how it is possible to bring them into harmony with those of His Majesty's Government." Commandant-General Botha: "If this is the position you take, we should like to receive from you a final answer to our proposals." Lord Milner: "Do you wish us to refer your proposals to His Majesty's Government?"
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