THREE YEARS WAR

First edition. 520 pages, frontispiece portrait, folding map, green cloth boards with a facsimile of de Wet's signature gilt on the upper cover, titled gilt on the spine, which has faded to brown, uncut top edge and fore-edge, foxing on the page edges, a very good copy.

Mendelssohn (Sidney) South African Bibliography volume 1 page 460: Right to the last, speaking at Vereeniging, De Wet remarked, in a speech of considerable vigour, " We must fight on, no matter how long, until our independence is absolutely secure," and there appears no reason to doubt that he was fully prepared to continue the conflict, although he subsequently acquiesced with the views of the majority of the delegates. Severe reprobation is accorded to the " National Scouts," to whose action is attributed the final downfall of the Boer cause, and heavy censure is bestowed on Generals Prinsloo, Viljoen, and others, who surrendered to the British forces.