See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

LOUIS See also:

• LOUIS BOTHA (1862- )

BOTHA (1862- )  , See also:

• BOER

Boer See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general and statesman, was the son of one of the " Voortrekkers," and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 27th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1862 at See also:

• GREYTOWN (SAN JUAN DEL NORTE)

Greytown (See also:

• NATAL

Natal) . He saw active service in See also:

• SAVAGE
• SAVAGE, MINOT JUDSON (1841– )
• SAVAGE, RICHARD (d. 1743)

savage warfare, and in 1887 served as a See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field-See also:

• CORNET,

cornet . Subsequently he settled in the See also:

• VRYHEID

Vryheid See also:

• DISTRICT

district, which he represented in the Volksraad of 1897 . In the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of 1899 he served at first under See also:

• LUCAS, CHARLES (1713–1771)
• LUCAS, JOHN SEYMOUR (1849– )
• LUCAS, SIR CHARLES (d. 1648)

Lucas See also:

• MEYER, CHRISTIAN ERICH HERMANN VON (18or-1869)
• MEYER, HEINRICH AUGUST WILHELM (1800-1873)
• MEYER, JULIUS LOTHAR (183o-1895)
• MEYER, KONRAD FERDINAND (1825-1898)
• MEYER, VICTOR (1848-1897)
• MEYER, [MARIE] PAUL HYACINTHE (184o- )

Meyer in See also:

• NORTHERN

northern Natal, but soon See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to higher commands . He was in command of the Boers at the battles of See also:

• COLENSO
• COLENSO, JOHN WILLIAM (1814-1883)

Colenso and Spion Kop, and these victories earned him so See also:

• GREAT

great a reputation that on the See also:

• DEATH

death of P . J . See also:

• JOUBERT, BARTHELEMY CATHERINE (1769–1799)
• JOUBERT, JOSEPH (1754–1824)
• JOUBERT, PETRUS JACOBUS (1834–1900)

Joubert, See also:

• BOTHA, LOUIS (1862- )

Botha was made See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the See also:

• TRANSVAAL

Transvaal Boers . His capacity was again demonstrated in the See also:

• ACTION

action of See also:

• BELFAST

Belfast-Dalmanutha (See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 23-28, 1900), and after the fall of See also:

• PRETORIA

Pretoria he reorganized the Boer resistance with a view to prolonged See also:

• GUERRILLA (erroneously written " guerilla," being the diminutive of the Span. guerra, war)

guerrilla warfare . In this task, and in the subsequent operations of the war, he was aided by his able lieutenants de la Rey and de Wet . The success of his See also:

• MEASURES

measures was seen in the steady resistance offered by the Boers to the very See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the three years' war . He was the chief representative of his countrymen in the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace negotiations of 1902, after which, with de Wet and de la Rey, he visited See also:

• EUROPE

Europe in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to raise funds to enable the Boers to resume their former avocations . In the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of reconstruction under See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• RULE

rule, General Botha, who was still looked upon as the See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the Boer See also:

• PEOPLE

people, took a prominent See also:

• PART

part in politics, advocating always measures which he considered as tending to the See also:

• MAINTENANCE (Fr. maintenance, from maintenir, to maintain, support, Lat. manu tenere, to hold in the hand)

maintenance of peace and See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good order and the re-See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of prosperity in the Transvaal .

After the See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant of self-See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government to the Transvaal in 1907, General Botha was called upon by See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• SELBORNE
• SELBORNE, ROUNDELL PALMER, 1ST EARL
• SELBORNE, WILLIAM WALDEGRAVE PALMER, 2ND EARL OF (18J9- )

Selborne to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a government, and in the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of the same See also:

• YEAR

year he took part in the See also:

• CONFERENCE

conference of colonial premiers held in See also:

• LONDON

London . During his visit to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England on this occasion General Botha declared the whole-hearted See also:

• ADHESION (from Lat. adhaerere, to adhere)

adhesion of the Transvaal to the British See also:

• EMPIRE

empire, and his intention to See also:

• WORK

work for the welfare of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country regardless of racial See also:

• DIFFERENCES, CALCULUS OF (Theory of Finite Differences)

differences .