South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 6 (of 8): From the Occupation of Pretoria to Mr. Kruger's Departure from South Africa, with a Summarised Account of the Guerilla War to March 1901Creswicke, Louis
History
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 6 (of 8): From the Occupation of Pretoria to Mr. Kruger's Departure from South Africa, with a Summarised Account of the Guerilla War to March 1901
Creswicke, Louis
South African War, 1899-1902; Transvaal (South Africa) -- History
=Churchill.=--W. L. Spencer Churchill, M.P., War Correspondent to
_Morning Post_, afterwards joined South African Light Horse. Entered the
army 1895; retired 1898. This well-known young soldier, writer, and
politician is a son of the late Lord Randolph Churchill. Though he was
but three years in the army, he contrived to see more service than many
officers have done in their whole lives. With the Spanish forces in Cuba,
with the Malakand Field Force, with the Tirah Expeditionary Force, with
the Nile Expeditionary Force, he was always in the forefront, fighting
and writing, until the authorities determined to disassociate the two
occupations, whereupon Mr. Churchill exchanged the sword for the pen, and
decided to fight for the cause of Imperialism in the House of Commons.
=Clarke.=--Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Marshall Clarke, K.C.M.G., late R.A.
Resident Commissioner in Southern Rhodesia. Sir Marshall, who retired
from the army in 1882, has had considerable experience--both civil and
military--of South Africa. He served in the first Boer War of 1881-82
(Despatches), and commanded the Turkish regiment of Egyptian Gendarmerie
in 1882 (Order of Medjidie, 3rd class). Before the Boer War, he had acted
as Resident Magistrate at Pietermaritzburg, as A.D.C. to Sir Theophilus
Shepstone, as Special Commissioner, South Africa, and as Political
Officer and Special Commissioner, Lydenburg. Later on he became
Commissioner of Cape Police, then Resident Commissioner in Basutoland,
and from 1893 to 1898 was Acting Administrator in Zululand.
=Clarke.=--Colonel R. F. Noel Clarke. _War Service_--Soudan Expedition,
1884-85 (medal with clasp; bronze star); South African War, 1899-1900,
Chief Ordnance Officer.
=Clements.=--Major-General R. A. P. Clements, D.S.O. Commanding 12th
Brigade; A.D.C. to the Queen. Entered 1874; Colonel, 1899. _Staff
Service_--Brigade-Major, Burmese Expedition, 1885; Assistant
Provost-Marshal, Burmese Expedition, 1885-86; A.D.C. to Queen, 1896;
Major-General Infantry Brigade, Aldershot, 1899; Major-General Infantry
Brigade, South Africa, 1899. _War Service_--South African War,
1877-78-79; (Despatches; medal with clasp); Burmese Expedition, 1885-89,
severely and slightly wounded (Despatches; medal with 2 clasps; Brevet of
Lieutenant-Colonel); South African War, 1899-1900; (Despatches).
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