DE WET IRRECONCILABLE
UNACCEPTABLE TERMS. LONDON. December 21. (Received Dec. 21, at 9.54 p.m.)
An English gentleman who was recently a prisoner at Dcwetsdorp reports that General De Wet, in attacking the garrison, had 6000 men and 18,000 horses. General Knox subsequently broke his force into three sections. De Wet told the gentleman that 31is dead outnumbered the British killed and wounded. He admitted that the Boers were beaten, but lie would not surrender unconditionally. He was able to resist till March. He demanded a free pardon for himself and his followers, including (.'ape rebels and oath-breakers. Dc Wet promised his followers the farms of those who .surrendered to the British.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11923, 22 December 1900, Page 7
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