The white flag incident
By September 1901, the Anglo-Boer War had been raging for almost two years. Many Boers in the Eastern Transvaal were laying down their arms because they were losing heart in the unequal struggle and the appalling conditions that their families had to endure in the concentration camps.
It is against this background that a Boer veldkornet shot and killed a British officer in unusual circumstances, an act that was to lead to the 24-year-old’s execution after the war, and a great deal of bitterness.
SURRENDER AND REVENGE
The events in question took place on 25 September 1901 near a
