home Anglo-Boer-War >> next << back
Military History – South Africa – Europe – England 19th Century
.Article – Online Historic Information | Military
.Page 145
revenues from the uitlandersfunded massive armament imports, diplomatic foot-dragging kept
the rights of the uitlandersunchanged. He was unable to find accommodation with either British
imperial ambition or the business and economic environment which had funded his arms buying.
Whereas President Marthinus Steyn of the Orange Free State still thought a modus vivendi could be
worked out with the British, Kruger saw nothing but a British determination to annex his country for a
second time. The inflexibility of his position was demonstrated when he issued an ultimatum to the
British which it was actually impossible for them to satisfy, and war ensued.
On 11 September 1900 he was finally forced to leave the country, having retreated before the
advancing British to the border with Mozambique. He sailed for Europe on the Dutch warship
Gelderlandand landed at Marseille on 22 November 1900. His reception in Paris was courteous but
unhelpful and a plan to go to Berlin was dropped when that received a frosty reception and he went to
the Netherlands instead. The countries that had been so vocal in their support for the Boers proved to
be of no practical assistance. He remained in the Netherlands until the end of the war, when he moved
to Switzerland where he died.
See also:
Steyn, President Marthinus.
Reference:
Fisher, John, Paul Kruger: His Life and Times (London, Secker & Warburg, 1974); Hall, Darrell,
ed. Fransjohan Pretorius and Gilbert Torlage, The Hall Handbook of the Anglo-Boer War
(Pietermaritzburg, University of Natal Press, 1999); Knight, Ian, Warrior Chiefs of Southern
Africa (Poole, Firebird, 1994).
Kuruman, Siege of,
November 1899–January 1900
The garrison at Kuruman, about eighty-five miles (140km) south-west of Vryburg in the north of Cape
Colony, was ordered back to Kimberley on the outbreak of war but was unable to comply. Although a
relatively minor affair, their surrender soon after the disasters of “Black Week” – the defeats at
Colenso, Magersfontein and Stormberg – added to British woes.
There were thirty-five Cape Police under Captain A. Bates stationed at Kuruman in October
1899, to which Bates was able to add some ninety volunteers. A week-long siege in November by
about 200 Boers was fruitless but the siege resumed when more than twice that number of Boers
surrounded the town on 5 December. On 30 December the Boers brought a 7-pounder gun into action
and the garrison was forced to surrender on New Year’s Day. The British retook Kuruman on 24 June
1900.
See also:
Kimberley, Siege of; Ladysmith, Siege of; Mafeking, Siege of.
Reference:
Jones, Huw M. and Meurig G. M. Jones, A Gazetteer of the Second Anglo-Boer War 1899–1902
(Milton Keynes, The Military Press, 1999).
home
Anglo-Boer-War
>> next
<< back
Critical USA/EU Defense Intel Item / Threat Reporting Issue (Urgent for USA/NATO/German attention)
US/EU Investment & Security Risk – GBP Crash – ponzi ‘Rainbow Investment scheme ‘ – SEC insider Trading investigation
Additional Intel Details & Forecast(1 Year & 5 Year):
Industry : US & EU Defense
9/11 Attackers & Financiers : England(Prince Philip/Charles & Windsors)/Russia/China
Finance Source (9/11) : Diamonds via Anglo America plc / De Beers extracted SA & Namibia (ex German SWA) – Marketed China USA
Attack Co – Ordinators (9/11) : England -Windsors / Privy Council (UK)
Intelligence Intrusion Mgt/Blowback Suppression (9/11) : UK/England (MI5 & GCHQ – rainbow moles – Erik Ciaramella types )
Proxy Attack team(9/11) : Muslim “rainbow team” (non Christian) led by Mohammed Atta etc
Latest Defense Threat/Opportunity USA : Mi5/GCHQ “intel mole Erik Ciaramella unmasked” attempts to smear President Trump and enable corrupted $400million package to Ukraine
Latest Download Details :