South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 6 (of 8) / From the Occupation of Pretoria to Mr. Kruger's Departure from South Africa, with a Summarised Account of the Guerilla War to March 1901

by Louis Creswicke

Siege of Ladybrand raised.

6.—British occupied Lydenburg. Botha retreated.

8.—Spitz Kop captured.

11.—Kruger, having fled from the Transvaal, arrived in Portuguese territory, and proceeded to Lorenzo Marques.

13.—Lord Roberts issued a proclamation calling upon the Boers to surrender.

General French occupied Barberton.

16.—British occupied Nelspruit.

20.—British occupation of Kaap Muiden.

24.—Arrival of the British at the Portuguese frontier. Evacuation of all the Boer positions near the frontier.

25.—Lord Roberts telegraphed to the Lord Mayor of London that the City Imperial Volunteers might be expected home “before November 5th.”