Ds Paul Hendrik Roux

Genl. ds. Paul Hendrik Roux (Hopetown, 28 September 1862 - Beaufort-Wes, 8 Junie 1911) was ’n predikant in die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk en ’n krygsman in die Anglo-Boereoorlog.

Die dorp Paul Roux in die Oos-Vrystaat (Suid-Afrika) is vernoem na Paul Hendrik Roux.

Links: http://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hendrik_Roux ; https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/NG_gemeente_Paul_Roux ; http://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%AAer:Ds_Paul_Roux_in_ballingskap.jpg

I asked him what he though of Lyddite, a new form of explosive which was first used in the Boer War. “We don’t like it at all” was his ready reply. “It spoils the colour of our trousers.”

His occasional use of some Dutch word that was well known to us gave his conversation a special interest. “We were once trying to get the range of a gun that was worrying us” he observed “when we hit it over it went like a wafel.” And suiting the action to the word he turned the palm of one hand over on the other.

The good old town of Matara which has always borne a great reputation for its hospitality was more than once visited by General Roux. The hostess anxious to please reasoned in this wise. In the old recipes which have come down to us there are some highly seasoned curries. Let therefore a special effort be made to provide curries which are reminiscent of Dutch days. General Roux heroically stood his ground to the end of the meal and then observed:- “I have gone through many months of war without shedding a tear, but I very much feared I should do so today.”

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Boere Krygsgevangenes in Ceylon

Transkripsie deur: Pieter van der Merwe

PAUL ROUX. THE BOER GENERAL WHO WAS A PREACHER AND NEVER CARRIED A RIFLE. Veggeneraal Paul Hendrik Roux (28/9/1862 - 8/6/1911) who was the Dutch Reformed preacher at Senekal, OFS, joined the war as Commandant. When General de Villiers was fatally wounded he took over his command and was appointed as Veggeneraal. In July 1900 his outfit joined General de Wet's Commando where he was forced to surrender, with General Prinsloo at Brandwaterkom on 19/07/1900. By all reports he was a man of great courage, but though a good general and strategist, he is said to have never carried a weapon in his hands. He was exiled to Diyatalawa in Ceylon. His wife, Hettie, was sent to a British concentration camp in Winburg in the Orange Free State along with her two young children and their fox terrier, Vix and the whole family (including Vix) survived the war. The photograph accompanying this placing was taken during his sojourn at Diyatalawa. Hans de Kramer