With a Show Through Southern Africa: And Personal Reminiscences of the Transvaal War, Volume 2Tinsley Brothers, 1882 - South Africa |
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Page 29 - But hark! the air again is still, The music all is ground, And silence, like a poultice, comes To heal the blows of sound; It cannot be,— it is,— it is,— A hat is going round!
Page 43 - ... arms, and therefore inform you that any movement of troops from your side will be taken by us as a declaration of war, the responsibility whereof we put upon your shoulders, as we know what we will have to do in self-defence.
Page 176 - There are men both good and wise who hold that in a future state Dumb creatures we have cherished here below Shall give us joyous greeting when we pass the golden gate; Is it folly that I hope it may be so ? For never man had friend More enduring to the end, Truer mate in every turn of time and tide.
Page 43 - That, until the arrival of his Excellency's answer, we do not know whether we are in a state of war or not. " That, consequently, we cannot allow any movement of troops from your side, and wish you to stop where you are. "We, not being at war with her Majesty the Queen, nor with the people of England, who we are sure to be on our side if they were acquainted with the position, but only recovering the independence of our country, we do not wish to take to arms, and therefore inform you that any movement...
Page 153 - Sir, I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 12th inst. In reply, I am to inform you that on the Boers now in arms against her Majesty's authority ceasing armed opposition, her Majesty's Government will be ready to appoint a Commission with large powers, who may develop the scheme referred to in Lord...
Page 153 - I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the i2th inst. In reply, I must inform you that as soon as the Boers now in arms against Her Majesty's authority discontinue their armed resistance, Her Majesty's Government is prepared to appoint a Commission with extensive powers, which may develop the scheme alluded to in Lord Kimberley's telegram of the 8th inst , and which was communicated to you by His Honour President Brand. " I must add that if this proposal is accepted within...
Page 4 - Boers) managed it beautifully, and had stopped the column near the river, and incapacitated all the officers and most of the non-commissioned ones at the first two or three volleys...
Page 155 - I have the satisfaction in my own and their name to inform you that we arc very thankful for the declaration of your Excellency in the name of the Government of her Majesty, that under certain conditions they are prepared to stop hostilities; that it appears to us that now for the first time since the unhappy day of the annexation, an opportunity occurs of coming to a...
Page 155 - Majesty, that under certain conditions they are prepared to stop hostilities; that it appears to us that now for the first time, since the unhappy day of the Annexation, an opportunity occurs of coming to a friendly settlement; that our heart bleeds for the necessity of shedding further blood — as well the blood of our burghers as that of your brave soldiers ; that in our opinion a meeting of committeemen from both sides would, perhaps, speedily lead to a satisfactory result ; we, therefore, have...
Page 4 - Anstruther was wounded in five or six places, and seeing the futility of further resistance, he had given the men the order to surrender, after the engagement had lasted some twenty minutes, and more than half the regiment were killed or wounded; that he (Egerton) had obtained permission to go...