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Identifier: southafric00colv
Title: South Africa
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Colvin, Ian Duncan, 1877-1938
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Publisher: London Edinburgh, T.C. & E.C. Jack
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he mounted burghers. He had asuperiority in horsemen, a substantial advantage in hisnumber of guns, and in the number of his men he wasalso superior, for a large part of Bairds army had beensent with Beresford to Saldanha Bay. But the invadershad the advantage in skill, ardour, and discipline. Bairdcommanded what were among the best troops in theworld at that time, with the prestige of many victoriesbehind them, and Janssens was disheartened by theknowledge that Beresfords army was landing in SaldanhaBay, and that in the long run defeat was inevitable. Inhis own words the General was fully convinced in hisown mind that victory was impossible, but the honourof the Fatherland required him to fight, whatever theresult might be. If this was the feeling of the commander, the senti-ment among the troops was even less inspiriting. Alittle time before, it had actually been said in theGovernment Gazette, with more candour than usuallyappears in such publications, that bets were being freely190
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General Jansser.s at the Battle of Blaauwberg THE SECOND CONQUEST BY THE BRITISH laid in the castle that the British flag would be hoistedthere by the first of January. Moreover, the Germanmercenaries, who composed a large part of Janssensforces, were not likely to forget that their predecessorshad been taken into the British service on the formeroccupation, and Janssens could see that they were notvery eager to fight in a cause which meant little to them. Baird advanced skilfully, keeping in touch withthe shore and thus with the fleet, and Janssenswas forced by these tactics to thin out his line,until on the shore side it was no more than a stringof vedettes. On a hill upon his left front he hadposted a strong body of mounted burghers, and thebattle was opened by the grenadiers of the 24th attack-ing this position. It was a dashing assault, but theburghers as usual shot well, and an officer and fifteenmen were killed or wounded before the hill was taken.In the meantime the British ad
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