Genl. Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey

General Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey (22 October 1847 - 15 September 1914), known as Koos de la Rey was a Boer general during the Second Boer War and is widely regarded as being one of the strongest military leaders during that conflict.

He is generally regarded as the bravest of the Boer generals during the Second Boer War and as one of the leading figures of Boer independence. As a guerrilla, his tactics proved extremely successful. De la Rey opposed the war until the last, but when he was once accused of cowardice during a Volksraad session, he replied that if the time for war came, he would be fighting long after all those clamoring for war had given up. This proved to be the case.

De la Rey fought in the Basotho War of 1865 and Sekhukhune's War of 1876. He did not take a very active part in the First Boer War, but as field cornet in the western Transvaal, he took over Piet Cronje's Potchefstroom siege when Cronjé fell ill. He was elected commandant of the Lichtenburg district, and became a member of the Transvaal Volksraad in 1883. A supporter of the progressive faction under General Piet Joubert, he opposed Paul Kruger's policies against the uitlanders, the foreigners who flocked to the Transvaal gold-rush, and warned it would lead to war with Britain.

On 15 September 1914 an old comrade General C.F. Beyers, Commandant-General of the armed forces, resigned his commission and sent his car to fetch De la Rey from Johannesburg to Pretoria as he wished to consult with him. The two generals then set out that evening for Potchefstroom military camp where General JCG Kemp had also resigned. They encountered several police roadblocks but refused to stop, although they had in fact been set to capture the Foster gang (see William Henry Foster).[2] At Langlaagte the police fired on the speeding car and a bullet struck De la Rey's back, ending his life;[2] his last words were dit is raak ('It hit'). He returned to his Lichtenburg farm as van Rensburg had predicted. Many Boers were convinced he had been deliberately assassinated, while others could not believe that he would have joined a rebellion, breaking his oath. According to Beyers the plan was to co-ordinate the simultaneous resignation of all the senior officers in protest at the attack on South West Africa. The theory of a government assassination holds sway to this day.

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General Jacobus Herculaas (Koos) de la Rey, b. 22/10/1849, d. 15/9/1914. The “Leeu van die Wes-Transvaal”. He proved himself to be an outstanding strategist and tactician. Known not to have just blindly storm the enemy, but once he had decided, he created great havoc on the enemy. He died tragically in a shooting incident near Langlaagte while on the way to Potch with Gen Beyers. By Andre Strydom

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Slag van Zilkaatsnek:

11 Julie 1900

Die Slag van Silkaatsnek vind tydens die Anglo-Boereoorlog plaas. Tydens dié veldslag, wat naby die huidige Hartbeespoortdam plaasgevind het, het die Boeremagte, onder leiding van generaal Koos de la Rey, ’n oorwinning oor die Britte onder kommandant H.R. Roberts behaal.

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KENSINGTON SE GAT EN N BREIN LASERASIE
DEUR NAOMI Naomi Keyter
DEEL MY BEVINDINGS GERUS, DIT BEVAT NIE ALOM BEKENDE INLIGTING. GENIET DIE STORIE.
AS JY NET OP DIE NAME GAAN WAT ONS KEN GAAN JY GENEALOGIES NIE VIR WILLIAM FOSTER, VAN DIE BERUGTE FOSTER-BENDE KRY NIE. HY WAS BEKEND OP SY TROU SK AS WILLIAM EDWARD CLEMENT FOSTER, IN BOEKE EN KOERANTE EN DOOD SK AS WILLIAM HENRY FOSTER OF WILLIAM ROBERT CLEM FOSTER. HY WAS N BAIE TALENTVOLLE MAN, SKELM EN SKURK, MAAR OP SY SK’S STAAN FOTOGRAAF EN MYN LANDMETER- SURVEYOR. EK WONDER OF HY PEGGY SE FOTO GENEEM HET (SIEN AANGEHEG)
GEB 1888-1914 GRIQUALAND OOS KAAP, VIR DIE IERSE, PA JOHN CORNELIUS FOSTER EN ELIZABETH LAWRENCE SMITH (AKA LIZBETH LOURENS), DERDE KIND VAN 7, JOHN HET NA SUID AFRIKA GEKOM AS ‘BRICKLAYER’ NA KOKSTAD. JA DIT IS ENIGE GENEALOOG SE NAGMERRY (DROOM). EK NOEM HOM DUS WILLIAM FOSTER. HY TROU N NOOI PEGGY KORENICO, SOOS KOERANTE HAAR NOEM, MAAR SY IS EINTLIK MARTINA ALIDA CURONICO, GEB 1892-1914, SY IS AS ‘CO-DECEASED’ OP FOSTER SE BOEDEL. HULLE HET 1 DOGTER GEHAD SY WAS SLEGS 11 MNDE OUD (GEB 1915) TOE DIE PAARTJIE SAAM DIE BENDE SELFMOORD PLEEG IN DIE KENSINGTON GROT, ALGAR SE SK LEES ‘LACERATION TO THE BRAIN’/SKULL FRACTURE’!
WAT HET VAN KLEIN PHYLLIS GEWORD VRA ALMAL ALTYD, SY HET VOLGENS SY SK BY SY MA SE HUIS GEBLY, 25 MORDAUNT STREET IN FAIRVIEW, SY MA EN MOONTLIK SY EEN SUSSIE EN HAAR MAN VAN SELFDE ADRES, AGNES EN ALBERT TISSINGTON HET HAAR GROOT GEMAAK. (SIEN SY SK). AGNES EN ALBERT HET N BABA VERLOOR IN 1913, DUS WAS HULLE SEKER DIE AANGEWESE AANNEEM OUERS, EK SOEK OF DAAR ANDER KINDERS WAS…LATER JARE IS BEWEER SY WAS DIE EINTLIKE MOORDENAAR IN DIE DU PLESSIS SAAK…MAAR DIS N STORIE VIR N ANDER DAG…
‘In June 1937, a man named Andries du Plessis was arrested at Strubenvale by Detective Michiel Ackermann and charged with murder, He was accompanied by a woman who would later claim to be the daughter of Robert and Peggy Foster.’
DIE FOSTER-VERHAAL IS IN KORT SOOS VOLG (VIR DIE WAT DIT NIE KEN NIE) FOSTER GEBORE IN GRIQUALAND OOS KAAP, EINDIG SY LEWE AS N BOEF EN N DIEF. DIE FOSTERBENDE WAS ’N GROEP MISDADIGERS WAT TUSSEN 1912 EN 1914 ’N REEKS GESLAAGDE ROOFTOGTE IN SUID-AFRIKA UITGEVOER HET. DIE VIER BENDELEDE IS OP 19 SEPTEMBER DOOD, DOOD SOOS OP SK NA HULLE VASGEKEER WORD DEUR POLISIE IN DIE GROT IN KENSINGTON. LACERATION TO THE BRAIN’/SKULL FRACTURE’! WILLIAM FOSTER BEROOF IN 1912 'N JUWELIER IN KAAPSTAD. HY ONTSNAP UIT DIE GEVANGENIS EN LAAT SAAM MET DIE AMERIKAANSE AVONTURIER JOHN MAXIM EN DIE 19-JARIGE CARL MEZAR 'N SPOOR VAN GEWELD AGTER. IN BOKSBURG BEROOF HULLE 'N BANK, IN ROODEPOORT EN VREDEDORP BREEK HULLE KLUISE IN POSKANTORE OOP EN IN DOORNFONTEIN BREEK HULLE IN N DRANKWINKEL . EEN VAN DIE GOOTSTE POLISIESOEKTOGTE TOT OP DAARDIE STADIUM IN SUID-AFRIKA VIND PLAAS. IN 'N HUIS IN REGENT'S PARK (JOHANNESBURG) IS HULLE GEWAAR, MAAR KOM WEG. DIE POLISIE TREK TOE 'N KORDON OM SEKERE STADSDELE EN RIG PADBLOKKADES OP. BY EEN VAN HIERDIE BARRIKADES SKIET DIE POLISIE PER ONGELUK DR. GERALD GRACE DOOD WAT HAASTIG OP PAD WAS NA 'N PASIËNT. VERAL IS GESOEK NA 'N MOTOR MET DRIE MANS. MET BEHULP VAN SPEURHONDE IS DIE BENDE IN 'N GROT IN DIE HEUWEL BY KENSINGTON (JOHANNESBURG) WEER VASGEPEN. ONDERHANDELINGE VIR OORGEE HET PLAASGEVIND EN FOSTER VRA DAT SY VROU PEGGY EN HUL BABADOGTERTJIE 'N RUK BY HULLE IN DIE GROT KAN AANSLUIT. 'N OOMBLIK LATER IS DIE DOGTERTJIE UIT DIE GROT, SKOTE KLAP EN DIE POLISIE VIND DIE VIER SE LYKE.
ONGEVEER 15 MENSE HET DEUR DIE BENDE SE AKTIWITEITE DIE LEWE GELAAT, WAARONDER MINSTENS DRIE SPEURDERS. DIE GENERAALS WAS HEELTEMAL ONBEWUS VAN DIE POLISIEPATROLLIES EN PADBLOKKADES OOR DIE HELE WITWATERSRAND OM DIE BENDE ROWERS EN MOORDENAARS VAS TE TREK. DIE PATROLLIES HET OPDRAG GEHAD OM ALLE MOTORS TE STOP. MAAR DIE GENERAALS HET GEDINK DAT HUL REBELLIEPLANNE UITGELEK HET EN GEE DAAROM AAN HUL MOTORBESTUURDER DIE BEVEL OM VERBY DIE EERSTE PADBLOKKADE TE JAAG. OOK BY DIE TWEEDE BARRIKADE JAAG HULLE VERBY, MAAR 'N POLISIEMAN SKIET OP DIE AGTERWIELE VAN HUL MOTOR. 'N OPSLAGKOEËL TREF DE LA REY IN DIE HART EN HY STERF. BAIE MENSE GLO TOT VANDAG DIT WAS N PLAN VAN DIE HEERSENDE REGERING OM DE LA REY UIT TE WIS.
GENL. KOOS DE LA REY HET OMGEKOM IN DIE POLISIE SE OPTREDE TEEN DIE BENDE. DIT HET ONVOORSIENE POLITIEKE GEVOLGE INGEHOU.
They were buried same grounds as the 1922 mine strike graves in the Braamfontein Cemetery.
Police shot : DET C.MYNOTT, SGD MANSFIELD,SGD N.MCCLOUD,ALSO GENL. DE LA REY AND DR G.GRACE
BRONNE: re: BENJAMEN BENNET EN ANONYMOUS
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