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Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand,
1869–1948
An Indian lawyer, trained in London, Mohandas Gandhi came to Natal in 1893. He was shocked at
the treatment he received because of his race. On 16 October 1899 he addressed a meeting of the
Natal Indian Congress in Durban and suggested that they could not remain mere spectators in the war.
He was authorised to write to the Colonial Secretary pointing out that, while Indians were not
competent to fight for the British Empire, there were other duties they could perform on the
battlefield. In response to an appeal by the British Commander-in-Chief, Sir Redvers Buller, Gandhi
was instrumental in raising the Indian Ambulance Corps. The Indians served on the Natal front at the
battles of Colenso, Spioenkop, Vaalkrans and elsewhere until after the relief of Ladysmith. Gandhi
took part in the fruitless efforts to safeguard the civil rights of Indians in South Africa after the war
and led the independence movement in India from 1919 to 1947.
See also:
Indian Ambulance Corps.
Reference:
Tichmann, Paul, “We are Sons of the Empire after all”, Soldiers of the Queen,no. 87, 1996.
Gat
A narrow passage or hole.
Gatacre, Lieutenant-General Sir William,
1843–1906
William Forbes Gatacre joined the army in 1862. He was Instructor of Military Surveying at the
Royal Military College from 1875 to 1879. He served in Burma in 1889 and in the Sudan in 1898. He
gained a reputation for being formidably fit and, possibly as a result of being capable of impressive
physical exploits, over-estimated the capacity of his men to perform likewise. He was given
command of the 3rd Division in South Africa in 1899 and led it to defeat at Stormberg that December,
one of the three reverses of “Black Week”. His failure to support the British troops trapped by Chiefcommandant Christiaan De Wet at Mostertshoek led to his being relieved of his command and sent
back to England.
See also:
Mostertshoek, Battle of; Stormberg, Battle of.
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