Louis Botha

Download or read book Louis Botha written by Richard Steyn and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2018-09-17 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Man Apart Richard Steyn once again brings to life a South African icon. Louis Botha was the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, a union he did much to create in the decade after the devastation of the Anglo-Boer War. During the war Botha was a brilliant young Boer general who through his battlefield strategy won significant victories over the British in the early stages of the war. When the weight of British arms overwhelmed the Boers, Botha along with Smuts did much to encourage peace between English and Afrikaner and led the country to Union in 1910 and dominion status. Botha was a big-hearted and generous man who showed magnanimity in his dealings with all, including former enemies. He led the South African troops to victory and the capture of German South West Africa – prior to this he had to put down a revolt of pro-German Afrikaners. At the Peace of Versailles, representing South Africa, he pleaded unsuccessfully for magnanimity towards the Germans. Botha was a globally respected figure – he and Smuts effectively operated as a double act in South Africa and on the international stage before Botha's untimely death in August 1919 at only 57. In A Man Apart this tragically short life is illuminated in full.

Download or read book Louis Botha’s War written by Adam Cruise and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mere twelve years after fighting the British in the Anglo-Boer War, Louis Botha went to war again – this time on Britain’s side. As prime minister of the Union of South Africa at the outbreak of the Great War, Botha agreed to lead his country on a campaign against the Germans across the border in South-West Africa. But first he would have to deal with a revolt from fellow Afrikaners who would rather take up arms against him than side with the old enemy. Louis Botha’s War is the story of how a former Boer War general crushed a rebellion and rallied his country’s first united army to fight a better-equipped enemy in harsh conditions. It is a tale of thirsty men and horses trekking over miles of barren desert; German aviators flying above in rickety aeroplanes; the unusual presence of a prime minister’s wife on the field of battle; and a fabled gold-filled safe at the bottom of a lake. Adam Cruise recreates these fascinating events from journals, memoirs and documents, and describes how the remote battle sites look today. He also explores the effects of Botha’s campaign, which determined the relationship between South Africa and its northern protectorate until well into the twentieth century. This is an absorbing chronicle of the exploits of a remarkable man who has been strangely forgotten by history, but whom Winston Churchill described as the greatest general he had ever known.

Download or read book A Question Of Treason written by Francis Hugh De Souza and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book General Louis Botha written by Johannes Meintjes and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Official Year Book of the Union and of Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate, and Swaziland written by South Africa. Office of Census and Statistics and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1048 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No. 1 contains "statistics mainly for the period 1910-1916".

Download or read book "Cape Times" Law Reports written by Cape of Good Hope (South Africa). Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Official Year Book of the Union written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: