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THE HALT AT PRETORIA.
Lord Roberts had now been six weeks in the capital, and British troops had overrun the greater part of the south and west of the Transvaal, but in spite of this there was continued Boer resistance, which flared suddenly up in places which had been nominally pacified and disarmed.
It was found, as has often been shown in history, that it is easier to defeat a republican army than to conquer it.

From Klerksdorp, from Ventersdorp, from Rustenburg, came news of risings against the newly imposed British authority.

The concealed Mauser and the bandolier were dug up once more from the trampled corner of the cattle kraal, and the farmer was a warrior once again.

Vague news of the exploits of De Wet stimulated the fighting burghers and shamed those who had submitted.