Botha, Louis, 1862-1919; World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Namibia; World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives
(11) His Excellency the Imperial Governor shall appoint a civil
official of the Protectorate Service who shall hand over and keep a
record of all Government property of the Civil Departments, including
records which are handed over to the Union Government in terms of
paragraph (10), and the Commander of the said forces of the
Protectorate shall appoint military officers, who shall hand over and
keep a similar record of all Government Property of the Military
Department of the Protectorate.
Given under our hand this 19th day of July 1915.
(Signed) Louis BOTHA,
General Commanding-in-Chief of the Union Forces in the Field.
SEITZ,
Imperial Governor of German South-West Africa.
FRANKE,
Lieut.-Colonel, Commander of the Protectorate Forces of German
South-West Africa.
The form of parole, shown as an annexure, begins--
"I, the undersigned, hereby place myself on my honour not to re-engage
in hostilities in the present war between Great Britain and Germany."
[Illustration: The Last Phase. The Commander-in-Chief, General Botha,
receives an ovation from his Bodyguard after disbanding them]
[Illustration: Generals Botha and Smuts, the Great South Africans,
receive a tremendous ovation from the crowd at the Capital on the
successful conclusion of the Rebellion and the Campaign]
[Illustration: Homeward bound! General Botha and Staff returning on the
_Ebari_]
[Illustration: The Great Man and the Chips of the Old Block returning
to the Union after Conquest]
TOTAL UNION CASUALTIES.
The official report shows that the total casualties of the operations
in South-West Africa in connection with the Union Forces are
approximately as follows--
Killed in action 88
Died of wounds 25
Wounded in action 263
Wounded and taken prisoners 48
Unwounded prisoners in hands of enemy 612
Total 1,036
Died of disease 97
Died through accidents and by mis-adventure 56
Total 153
TOTAL ENEMY SURRENDERS
Immediately after the capitulation of the enemy, Brigadier-General
Lukin reported that he had satisfactorily completed the work of
accepting surrenders. The total number of surrenders amounted to
4,410, made up as follows--
Officers of the Active Troops and Police 110
Officers of the Reserve 177
Rank and File of Active Troops and Police 1,548
Rank and File of Reserve 2,575
The Union Forces when at greatest strength numbered 50,000 men.
The Germans when at full strength numbered 9,000, but a proportion of
these consisted of civilians, who eventually refused to serve.
AMENDMENT
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