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Press, 1999); Jones, Huw G. and Meurig G. M., A Gazetteer of the Anglo-Boer War 1899–1902
(Milton Keynes, The Military Press, 1999).
Lynch, Arthur,
1861–1934
An Australian of Irish extraction, Arthur Lynch led a colourful life which included fighting for the
Boers, being sentenced to death and serving as a Member of Parliament in England.
The Lynch family emigrated from Ireland to Australia during the Gold Rush era and Arthur was
born at Smythesdale, near Ballarat, Victoria. He graduated from Melbourne University with a degree
in engineering and then went to England where he became a journalist. He covered the Ashanti
campaign in West Africa in 1896 and set off for South Africa soon after the outbreak of the Boer War.
Having been commissioned to write for journals in Paris, London and New York, he sailed on the
German vessel Hertzogwhich was stopped at sea by a British warship outside Durban. Lynch was
questioned by the British but then he and the Hertzogwere permitted to proceed to Lourenco Marques.
Commandant-general Louis Botha, whom Lynch met in Johannesburg, told him that his scheme to
report from behind Boer lines was not a practical proposal and Lynch then formed the idea of raising
a second Irish Brigade to fight on the Boer side. President Kruger gave his approval and put Lynch in
charge of the Brigade with the rank of colonel. In January 1900 Lynch led his brigade, with French
and German volunteers as the majority of its officers, to join the Boer forces besieging Ladysmith.
The action they saw took place after the town was liberated by the British in February 1900 and as
Buller advanced to the north. They fought at Helpmekaar alongside the Piet Retief commando when
Buller attacked the Boer left flank on 13 May and at Waschbank in the hills between Elandslaagte and
Glencoe on 16 May 1900 against Lieutenant-general Hildyard’s 11th infantry brigade. On both
occasions they were compelled to retreat. They then formed part of the force under Assistant
Commandant-general Christiaan Botha holding Langs Nek, a position that was turned by Buller with a
surprise flanking attack at Botha’s Pass on 8 June 1900. By this time Lynch’s force was taking part in
the defence of Johannesburg, blowing up the bridge at Vereeniging in the face of the advancing
Victorian Mounted Rifles on 26 May and afterwards falling back to the Klipriviers Berg, a range of
hills south-west of Johannesburg. This position had to be abandoned as it was outflanked by the
successful British attack on Doornkop to the west on 29 May. Lynch’s depleted force disbanded after
the fall of Pretoria on 5 June 1900.
Lynch went to the United States to promote the Boer cause and then settled in Paris. From there,
in 1901, he stood as candidate for Parliament for the Irish constituency of Galway. His Boer
connections found favour with the electorate and he won, but as there was a warrant issued for his
arrest, he was unable to take up his
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