But we had now to admit that it was of no use appealing to England, because there was no one to hear us. Trusting in the Almighty God of righteousness and justice, we armed ourselves for an apparently hopeless struggle in the firm conviction that whether we conquered or whether we died, the sun of freedom in South Africa would arise out of the morning mists. With God's all-powerful aid we gained the victory, and for a time at least it seemed as if our liberty was secure.
At Bronkorst Spruit, at Laing's Nek, at Ingogo, and at Majuba, God gave us victory, although in each case the British troopers outnumbered us, and were more powerfully armed than ourselves.
After these victories had given new force to our arguments, the British Government, under the leadership of Gladstone, a man whom we shall never forget, decided to cancel the Annexation, and to restore to us our violated rights.
FOOTNOTES:
[23] Molesworth.
[24] Theal, 305.
[25] 30th April, 1877, Letter to the Rev. La Touche.
[26] Martineau, The Transvaal Trouble, page 76.
[27] Martineau, The Transvaal Trouble, page 69.
[28] The Transvaal Trouble, page 76.