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"Irregular verbs give me one word, Madame Joubert; only one word!" "That " "Irregular verbs, that irregular verbs, that " "See here, Pupasse; you do not know that lesson any more than a cat does" Madame Joubert's favorite comparison. "Yes, I do, Madame Joubert! Yes, I do!" "Silence!" "But, Madame Joubert " "Will you be silent!" "Yes, Madame Joubert; only "
Instructions have also been given for the necessary railway conveyances to be held ready. Further instructions will reach you." Previous to my departure next morning I made a hurried call at Commandant-General Joubert's offices.
Being "Fighting-Commandant" of the Witwatersrand goldfields, and, therefore, an officer of the Transvaal army, my movements on that day excited great interest among my colleagues in the Chamber. After reading General Joubert's note I said, as calmly as possible: "Yes, the die is cast; I am leaving for the Natal frontier. Good-bye. I must now quit the house. Who knows, perhaps for ever!"
But I venture to describe Joubert's policy outside Ladysmith as stupid and primitive, and in another chapter I shall again refer to it. Here I was under the command of Dijl Erasmus, who was then General and a favourite of General Joubert. We had plenty of work given us. Trenches had to be dug and forts had to be constructed and remodelled.
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.
Why the Boers attacked Interesting versions A general surprise Joubert's promise Boer tactics reconsidered Erroneous estimates Under cover of night A bare-footed advance The Manchesters surprised The fight on Waggon Hill In praise of the Imperial Light Horse A glorious band The big guns speak Lord Ava falls Gordons and Rifles to the rescue A perilous position The death of a hero A momentary panic Man to man A gallant enemy Burghers who fell fighting The storming of Cæsar's Camp Shadowy forms in the darkness An officer captured "Maak Vecht!"
A charge of Leclerc's horse and of Joubert's infantry crushed its head; volleys of cannon and musketry from the plateau tore its sides; an ammunition wagon exploded in its midst; and the great constrictor forthwith writhed its bleeding coils back into the valley, where it lay crushed and helpless for the rest of the fight.
On the 1st November, 1899, we reached the main army near Ladysmith, and I went at once to tell General Joubert in person that my men wanted to fight, and not to play policemen in the rear of the army. Having given the order to dismount I proceeded to Joubert's tent, walked in with as much boldness as I could muster, and saluted the General, who was fortunately alone.
The Marquis was the only son of General de Montriveau, one of the ci-devants who served the Republic nobly, and fell by Joubert's side at Novi. Bonaparte had placed his son at the school at Chalons, with the orphans of other generals who fell on the battlefield, leaving their children under the protection of the Republic.
He and Joubert had had many disagreements in their long experiences with one another, but those who were present in the General's tent at that Glencoe interview said that they had never seen the President so angry. When he had finished giving his opinion of the General's action the President shook Joubert's hand, and thereafter they discussed matters calmly and as if there had been no quarrel.
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