Three Years War by General Christiaan de Wet

On 2 October 1899 a horseman arrived at Christiaan de Wet’s
Orange Free State farm and served summonses for commando service
on himself and his three eldest sons. They were to prepare for active
service, providing themselves with horses, saddles and bridles and rifles each
with 30 rounds of ammunition (alternatively 30 lead balls, 30 percussion
caps and half a pound of black powder). Nine days later on 11 October
1899 Britain and the Boer republics went to war. By the end of the war
he would become Commandant General and Commander-in-Chief
of all Boer forces of the Orange Free State.

 

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