Identifier: battlesofninetee06forb (find matches)
Title: Battles of the nineteenth century
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Forbes, Archibald, 1838-1900 Atteridge, A. Hilliard (Andrew Hilliard)
Subjects: Battles Military history, Modern
Publisher: London New York : Cassell and Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ene of riotous excitement. Colonel Carleton sent for Captain Nesbitt, and, after a consultation with him, went to the quarters of the non-commissioned officers and told them the good news. I want you, he said, to see that perfect order is maintained among the men. Lord Roberts is momentarily expected, if not tomorrow, at any rate within a week; so there occupied in about two hours time, that everything was quiet in the town, and crowds were waiting in the church square to see the British march in. Next morning most of the London papers somewhat prematurely announced the fall of Pretoria and the end of the South African war. But some days were to elapse before Pretoria was occupied, and there were still some months of hard fighting before the British army in South Africa. The fact was that the burgomaster, De Souza, and the citizens committee had misjudged the situation, and made engagements which they had not the power to execute. Before evening some hundreds or the fighting burghers, retiring from
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THE BOER WAR. Johannesburg, entered the town and declared that Pretoria should not be given up without a fight, and Botha and Delarey had taken up a position across the roads leading to Johannesburg on the hills near Six-Mile Spruit, south-west of the town, where they intended to risk another battle. Lord Roberts had occupied Johannesburg on May 31st. In order to give men and horses a much-needed rest and to bring up supplies, he halted there until the morning of Sunday-, June ,rd. There were unpleasant reports of the activity of the Free Staters on the flank of the line of communications. They had reoccupied Heilbron and were threatening Lindley, and further south they had fought a great battle against Rundle at Senekal, the result of which was at best a qualified success for the British arms. But, relying upon the great moral effect of the occupation of the enemy's capital, Lord Roberts did not depart from his plan of advancing as soon as possible on Pretoria. On the Sunday morning the ma

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