Hi, That was General Brits. A Botha loyalist, he was not pro British, but had 100% trust in Bothas descisions. He reported to Botha saying "My men are ready, who are we fighting, the British or the Germans?" There is a great tale of when he was up in Northern GSWA and really wanted some brandy. There was none to be had, but he heard a soldier under his command had some. He had him called to his tent, but was informed by his staff that as an officer, he could not drink with "other ranks"... so he promoted the man for the duration of the bottle. When he cam back from the campaign, most of the soldiers had taken german bayonets as souveniers. brits tok a field gun. On arrival in cape town the customs stopped him and refused him permission to disembark it. He told the customs man that his shipload of soldiers gave him all the permission he needed.... I have a whole bunch of material on this, as soon as David Gregory gets his PC in order again, we will be doing a GSWA website. Best Chris