30 AUGUST 1902, Page 18

THE BOER GENERALS.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE ",SPECTATOR."]

Six,—In an article in the Spectator of August 23rd on " The Boer Generals " the following statement occurs " Only two of the protagonists of the war of 1880 survived to renew the struggle with England, and both of these were in their de- clining years." It may be of interest to your readers (and is possibly unknown to the writer of that article) to know that General Christian De Wet was in command of a force at the battle of Majuba, when he was, moreover, a Feld-Kornet of the Transvaal Republic.—I am, Sir, &c., ROOIBAATJE.