South Africa in World War One, 31 October 2018
… and for all’ (Johannes Meintjes, General Louis Botha: A Biography , Cassell, London, 1970, p. 205). When war was … opposed to the war, the government had its hands full trying to put it down. It was not until early 1915 that … under his control, Botha could concentrate on playing a full part in the wider war. Smuts was dispatched to lead the …