Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey
… siege when Cronjé fell ill. (It was here he observed that men tied down in a siege could not be effective in promoting … raged De la Rey ranged back and forth encouraging his men, until his son, Adriaan, was mortally wounded and he … Cronje brushed aside De la Rey's advice to entrench his men in front of the Magersfontein hills. In desperation, De …