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the artillery, leaving Grimwood with only half his men. At dawn the artillery came under heavy
fire from the Boers on Pepworth Hill, and had to be repositioned in order to bring the enemy within
range. Grimwood was then surprised by fire from his rear where Lucas Meyer’s men were located on
the other side of Modder Spruit. In fact, Meyer himself was no longer there. He was taken ill and his
command was taken over by Louis Botha who gave here the first indication of his genius as a military
leader.
French moved his men onto Lombard’s Kop to support the infantry and they, in turn, had to
endure heavy fire. Hamilton was forced to act in support and soon it became clear that the original
objective of taking Pepworth and Long Hills could not be achieved. To persist here would be to
throw men away needlessly, and so the order to withdraw was given. As the retreat began the Navy
arrived in the form of men of HMS Powerfulwith both heavy and field guns. Three of the latter, 12pounders, were on carriages made up from carts under Captain Percy Scott’s direction. It was clear to
the sailors that something was going on. As Chief Engineer Sheen remarked, “. . .from the continual
stream of ambulances wagons and dhoolies full of wounded coming down this road from the fight . . .
if a victory was being won, it was at a somewhat heavy price”. The naval guns were brought into
action and contributed to the silencing, for the time being, of the Boer guns. The withdrawal was
orderly, but depressing. The action at Nicholson’s Nek had been yet more disastrous. It was, indeed,
Mournful Monday for the British and the last chance to forestall a siege at Ladysmith had gone.
See also:
Ladysmith; Nicholson’s Nek, Action at.
Reference:
Baker, Anthony, Battles & Battlefields of the Anglo-Boer War 1899–1902 (Milton Keynes, The
Military Press, 1999); Chisholm, Ruari, Ladysmith (London, Osprey Publishing, 1979); Marix
Evans, Martin, The Boer War: South Africa 1899–1902 (Oxford, Osprey Publishing, 1999);
Pakenham, Thomas, The Boer War (London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1979; Abacus, 1992);
Sheen, C. C., “The Naval Brigade in Ladysmith”, in Naval Brigades in South Africa 1899–1902
(London, 1901; The London Stamp Exchange, no date).
London Convention, The,
1884
After the cessation of hostilities at the end of the First Boer War or First War of Independence,
Britain’s control of the foreign affairs of the Transvaal was secured by treaty in the London
Convention of 27 February 1884 while the Transvaal retained full internal independence. President
Kruger made it clear that he was signing the treaty under protest.
See also:
Boer War, First.
Reference:
Pakenham, Thomas, The Boer War (London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1979; Abacus, 1992);
Pretorius, Fransjohan, The Anglo-Boer War 1899–1902 (Cape Town, Don Nelson, 1985).
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