General Piet de Wet.
At the meeting held at Kroonstad to protest against Continental slanders of the British troops, General Piet de Wet, brother of Christian deWet, speaking in his own tongue, declared he had invariably found the British “ Tommy ” friendly, generous and kind-hearted from the battiks of Dundee and Elandslaagte to the present time, although thousands of soldiers were frequently passing through, showing thorough discipline and good conduct. General De Wet related how marching through the country around Dewetsdorp shortly after a large English force had passed through “ I inquired most carefully at each farm and stopping-place as to the behaviour of the troops, and was in every instance assured that j the soldiers had not done the slightest 1 damage, had stolen nothing, and had
treats aUtkejeople Mnfaasa and reepeet. t «>- 0n fou °J families of burgher* »jaU fightaf Boers had received extob/ «• »«»•«: treatment as the families Pi who had surrendered. No distiiy® l *® had been made. . • • ?,' 7rM mitted to meet with the wife of brother, General Christian De Wet, who is still fighting in the field. Mrs De Wet was, at that time, very bitter against the English, but when I asked her how she was treated and whether I could procure her any necessaries, her reply 'was that she hadLbeen most kindly treated by the . troops and that she lacked nothing. Since my own surrender I have experienced nothing but kindness and courtesy from the military authorities.”
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Manawatu Herald, 27 May 1902, Page 2
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241General Piet de Wet. Manawatu Herald, 27 May 1902, Page 2
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