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Bitter End (London, Viking, 1985); Pretorius, Fransjohan, Life on Commando during the
Anglo-Boer War 1899–1902 (Cape Town, Human & Rousseau, 1999).
Schiel, Colonel Adolf Friedrich,
1858–1903
Born in Germany in 1858, Schiel served in the Prussian cavalry before coming to South Africa in
1878. He lived in Natal and then moved to the Transvaal where he became involved in native affairs.
He served as Secretary to King Dinuzulu and took part in the Zulu Civil War of 1883–88. He then
joined the Staatsartillerieand was in action against various tribes in the northern Transvaal. When
the Boer War broke out he entered Natal with General Kock and took part in the Battle of
Elandslaagte, where he was wounded and taken prisoner. He remarked on the curiosity of fighting
against so many of his good friends and sent his compliments to Karri Davies whom he saw there. He
was imprisoned on St Helena and returned to Germany after the war.
See also:
Artillery, Boer; Elandslaagte, Battle of.
Reference:
Hall, Darrell, ed. Fransjohan Pretorius and Gilbert Torlage, The Hall Handbook of the Anglo-Boer
War (Pietermaritzburg, University of Natal Press, 1999).
Scott, Captain Percy M.,
1853–1924
The lack of both sufficient field artillery and of heavy artillery at the outbreak of the war was a
serious disadvantage for the British. The deficiency was repaired as a result of the enterprise and
creativity of Captain Percy Scott, RN, and if it were possible to attribute the eventual success of the
British to a single man, Scott would be the leading candidate, for without him an early Boer victory
would have been likely.
Lieutenant Percy Scott first demonstrated his resourcefulness when, in 1882, he contrived to
resite three 7-inch, 7–ton guns near Alexandria in Egypt. It took two locomotives and 1,000 men, but
the guns were soon in action against Aribi Pasha’s army. Scott had qualified on the long gunnery
course at HMS Excellentand in 1890 returned as an instructor. Charged with devising an
entertainment for the visiting Lords of the Admiralty, he put on a field gun race in which he led one
team and the other was commanded by Lieutenant John Jellicoe, who was to become best known for
his part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916. After a brief period at sea on HMS Edinburgh,Scott returned
as Commander. It was under his command that Excellentmoved ashore and was established on Whale
Island in Portsmouth Harbour.
Scott’s first command, in 1898, was HMS Scyllawhich soon became the most efficient gunnery
ship in the fleet. In September 1899 he took command of the navy’s most powerful
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