AUGUST 1900.
4.—Surrender of Harrismith to General MacDonald.
10.—Discovery of the plot at Pretoria to kidnap Lord Roberts and the British officers.
Pursuit of De Wet continued.
12.—De Wet escaped.
16.—Eland’s River garrison relieved.
24.—Lord Roberts left for the front in the Eastern Transvaal to operate against General Botha.
25.—Lieutenant Hans Cordua shot in Pretoria for his participation in the plot against Lord Roberts.
26.—Great battle near Dalmanutha.
Capture of Commandant Olivier and his two sons at Winburg.