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supply line from the outside world until the British advance from Pretoria in August and
September 1900 took it from them.
See also:
Transport.
Reference:
Troup, Freda, South Africa: An Historical Introduction (London, Eyre Methuen, 1972).
De la Rey, Assistant Commandant-General Jacobus Herculaas
“Koos”,
1847–1914
De la Rey was one of the Boers’ finest generals and was much admired by the British. The staunchly
anti-Boer writers of With the Flag to Pretoriasaid of him: “[he is] certainly the politest, best
mannered, and best educated among the Boer generals . . . ever on the side of liberalism and
progress”. He was accorded an equal respect by his countrymen.
Koos De la Rey was born near Winburg, north-east of Bloemfontein, in the Orange Free State in
1847. He saw service against the Basotho in 1865 and against Sekhukhune of the Pedi in 1876. He
became a member of the Volksraad in 1893, representing Lichtenburg in the western Transvaal, and
was a moderate in his politics. He opposed the move towards war in 1899 but accepted the majority
view and became a general. He served with distinction at Graspan and Modder River, but was
wounded at the latter engagement and his son was killed there. The defence of Magersfontein from
trenches at the foot of the kopjes was his inspiration. In the guerrilla phase of the war he had
considerable success. He got the better of the British at Nooitgedacht in December 1901 and at
Tweebosch in March 1902 captured Lieutenant-general Lord Methuen. Methuen was wounded and De
la Rey escorted him to hospital and telegraphed Lady Methuen to reassure her that his injury was not
grave. After the war they became friends. He took part in the peace conference at Vereeniging in May
1902, and became a Senator in Parliament after the war. When the First World War broke out in 1914
he seemed to be against supporting Britain. When the car in which he was travelling through the
suburbs of Johannesburg with General Beyers failed to stop at a roadblock, De la Rey was shot and
killed.
See also:
Driefontein, Battle of; Graspan, Battle of; Modder River, Battle of; Nooitgedacht, Battle of;
Tweebosch, Battle of.
Reference:
Hall, Darrell, ed. Fransjohan Pretorius and Gilbert Torlage, The Hall Handbook of the Anglo-Boer
War (Scottsville, University of Natal Press, 1999).
De Wet, Chief Commandant Christiaan Rudolf,
1854–1922
Christiaan De Wet was one of the greatest of the Boer commanders. He found himself in his element
once the rigid constraints of formal warfare gave way to guerrilla activity.
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