Fire Across the Veldt (2013)
“The scouts had returned with no news of de Wet but Fonthill was uneasy. This was the Boer’s heartland and Simon knew he would be stinging from the narrow escape of President Steyn, nominally in de Wet’s care. Would there be an attempt to recapture the Free State’s politicians? If so, it could be soon, here in these undulating grasslands, studded with flat-topped kopjes that rose from the verdant plains like ugly warts on the face of a beautiful woman. These rocky outcrops and occasional shallow... valleys could provide ample cover for any number of horsemen.By now, Fonthill had learnt that Kitchener had about 210,000 men under his command – the largest army that Britain and its Empire had ever sent overseas – but considerably more than 100,000 were needed for garrison duties and to protect the long British lines of communication. He guessed that, in the four States of South Africa, there were more than 60,000 British soldiers actively pursuing 20,000 members of the Boer commandos.MoreLess
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