. The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others. volt broke out in the OrangeRiver Colony and the western Transvaal, under the leader-ship of De Wet and Beyers. A religious monomaniacnamed Van Rensburg had gone about declaring that De Wetand Beyers were the instrument of Heaven in bringingabout the restoration of the old republics. De Wets mainsuccess was won at Sand River, near Doornburg, where, onNovember 7, he resisted a Government force and retook some 184 THE WAR IX THE COLONIES prisoners, at th
. The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others. volt broke out in the OrangeRiver Colony and the western Transvaal, under the leader-ship of De Wet and Beyers. A religious monomaniacnamed Van Rensburg had gone about declaring that De Wetand Beyers were the instrument of Heaven in bringingabout the restoration of the old republics. De Wets mainsuccess was won at Sand River, near Doornburg, where, onNovember 7, he resisted a Government force and retook some 184 THE WAR IX THE COLONIES prisoners, at the expense, however, of the death of his sonDaniel. During the next few days he destroyed the railway-lines near Lindley, and entered the looted Winburg;. Theback of the rising was broken on November 12 at ]\IushroomValley, about 24 miles east of Winburg, where Botha andColonel Brand came into touch with De Wets force andseverely defeated it. Many surrenders followed. De Wethimself fled with some of his followers, first south, thenback east, and lastly westward to the railway, where atReitspruit his remaining force was met by Union troops. BRITISH SOUTH African trooi-s leaving dirban for EAST AFRICA and divided. With a handful of men he succeeded incrossing to the west, but on November 20 was pursuedtoward Boshof, and next day with 25 men trekked northtoward the Vaal River. Pursued by motor-cars, his banddwindled to six men. De Wet crossed the Vaal River butmost of his commandants were taken, and two of his sonssurrendered. A few days later it was officially announcedthat De Wet and all his followers had been captured with-out shots being fired. V. IX—13 185 IN THE GERMAN COLONIES AND ON THE SEA The capture of De Wet and the death of Beyers prac-tically ended the rebellion. Scattered parties in the FreeState who for some time held out were gradually broughtto surrender. Kemp, who operated on the extreme westernborder of the Transvaal, penetrated some way into the north-western
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