Battles of the nineteenth century . town and tookpossession. At thetime a report wasspread that they shotin cold blood thirtycitizens of Dundee whobelonged to the townguard. This was abody of men armedwith rifles, but notuniformed, raised inmany of the towns forthe preservation oforder, and especiallyto prevent looting byYule, before leaving,guard not to appear the natives. Generall;ad advised the town in arms when the Boers entered, and, aboveall, not to make an\- show of resistance, as thismight have unfortunate results. The reportof the massacre suggested that they had dis-regarded his prud
Battles of the nineteenth century . town and tookpossession. At thetime a report wasspread that they shotin cold blood thirtycitizens of Dundee whobelonged to the townguard. This was abody of men armedwith rifles, but notuniformed, raised inmany of the towns forthe preservation oforder, and especiallyto prevent looting byYule, before leaving,guard not to appear the natives. Generall;ad advised the town in arms when the Boers entered, and, aboveall, not to make an\- show of resistance, as thismight have unfortunate results. The reportof the massacre suggested that they had dis-regarded his prudent counsel and become in-volved in an affray with the invaders of when the war w^as nearly six weeks old, asemi-official notice in the press informed thepublic that, like so many other wild stories thatfound credence in the early days of the conflict,this tale of cold-blooded murder by the Boers atDundee had not a word of truth in it. Having seen Yules column as far as theBiggarsberg Pass, let us glance at the course of. THE BATTLE OF RIETFONTEIN. 33 events at Ladysmith after Elandslaagte. Facinga double line ot invasion from the north andfrom the west, White had to keep his small forceconcentrated. After breaking up Kocks com-mand in the battle of the 2ist, he had thereforedrawn back his force from Elandslaagte and keptit ready for the next move at Ladysmith. Hewas in telegraphic communication with Yuleup to the day he left Dundee, and his chiefanxiety now was to prevent the Boers fromcutting in from the westward on his colleaguesline of retreat and interposing between theDundee force and Ladysmith. On Mondaynight Yule would be through the WaschbankPass. White could best helphim by keeping the Boersoccupied to the north-westof Ladysmith, and a recon-naissance in force in thatdirection would have theresult of not only accom-plishing this, but also mightsupply valuable Monday, therefore, Gene-ral White decided to employpart of his force da\- ina r
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