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

21.—Advance begun from Pretoria east, along Delagoa Bay Railway.

A supply train, with 100 Welsh Fusiliers, captured near Honing Spruit.

23.—The Black Watch capture a hill at Retief’s Nek. The Highland Light Infantry were compelled to retire from a steep hill above the Nek.

25.—Lord Roberts’s force reached Balmoral on the way to Middelburg. French’s Cavalry and Hutton’s Mounted Infantry put Boers to flight six miles south of Balmoral.

Boers flee in disorder before Lord Roberts’s advance. General French crosses Oliphant’s River.

26.—Philip de Wet, younger brother of Christian de Wet, surrendered at Kroonstad.

General Hunter occupied Fouriesburg.

General MacDonald, after fighting a rearguard action, blocked Naauwpoort Nek.

27.—Occupation of Middelburg by advance guard of Lord Roberts without opposition.

30.—Surrender of Generals Prinsloo, A. J. Villiers, and Crowther, and 4000 Boers to General Hunter.