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1900 - Lord Roberts proclaims the annexation of the Transvaal by British Proclamation No 15:

‘Whereas certain territories in South Africa, hitherto known as the South African Republic, have been conquered by Her Majesty’s Forces, and it has seemed expedient to Her Majesty that the said Territories should be Annexed to, and should henceforth form part of Her Majesty’s Dominions, ... God Save the Queen’

Fourie besieges Ladybrand.

General Buller entered the Badfontein valley.

Near Warm Bad, Transvaal, South Africa, Lieutenant Wylly was part of a force under Herbert Plumer which engaged a small group of Boers at Rooikop. The Imperial forces captured 100 rifles, 40,000 rounds of ammunition, 7 Boers, 350 cattle, and 2 supply wagons. After the engagement, Wylly was reported to have been severely wounded, along with another Tasmanian officer, and 3 men from the Bushmen.

1902 - Sir A. Lawley takes up appointment of Lieutenant-Governor of the Transvaal.

1902 - Men of the Glamorganshire Yeomanry arrived at Cardiff.

....Monday was another great day of expectancy in Cardiff for the relatives and friends bent upon meeting loved ones from the front. It was known that the last contingent of Glamorganshire Yeomanry sent to South Africa would arrive in the evening, and there were scenes of rejoicing at Cardiff Great Western Railway Station. The men received their discharges at Aldershot. About a dozen of the 16th Brigade, 8th Division, came at eight o'clock. One of these was Trooper Jones, Wern Farm, Maesybont, Llandebie, Carmarthen. He proudly produced the copy of a letter addressed to the officers and men of the 16th Brigade by Major-general Campbell at Bethlehem, in which he regretted the time had come when he had to say good-bye to those who had so well, so gallantly, and so faithfully followed him for more than two years. Every regiment and unit of the 16th Brigade had more than maintained their glorious traditions, adding greatly to the long list of valour and heroism, and manfully upholding the spirit of their corps. The Imperial Yeomanry had made an undying name for themselves; in future no army would be complete without them.
....Trooper Jones, in a conversation with one of our representatives, re-called several of the engagements in which he had taken part. The most serious, of course, was the one at Driefontein last Christmas, when Colonel Walker, in command of the 12th Battalion, was killed. On this occasion as many as 69 men were killed and 60 wounded, and he (Jones) was taken prisoner with two others from the 1st Battalion, viz., Winfield and Carpenter (Gloucester). They were taken (200 of them in all) to the Basuto border, and were treated "all right." De Wet addressed them on parade. He said he was very sorry for them, but "it was the fortunes of war." Their last engagement was at Villiers Farm, near Ficksburg, when Lieutenant Fowler and others were killed.
....The few troopers who first arrived had not been expected then, and their presence about the station and in the town served to advertise more freely the fact that the larger detachment of 90 members of the 4th Company were timed to be in Cardiff at 9.45. It was much after ten, however, when the train steamed in, and by then No. 3 platform and its approaches were packed by a surging crowd, which whiled away the time in singing patriotic songs. The lads when they did arrive (in charge of Sergeant Lister) were quickly espied by their friends. All were affectionately greeted, and not a few were hoisted shoulder high and carried to their homes in triumph. It will be remembered that one of the stiffest fights the battalion had was at Oliviers Nek, when in the night march they had 36 killed and wounded and a dozen taken prisoners and afterwards released. On gaining the streets the troopers were led off in different directions, with flags flying and great demonstrations of rejoicing. Trooper Stoneham was escorted to his home at the Docks by the band connected with the People's-hall, Loudoun square; Trooper Joe Meyrick (Cathays) was met by a contingent from the Cathays Liberal Club; the friends of "Scotty" Marsh accompanied him to Rumney, in carriages: and Trooper T. W. Williams (Whitchurch) was taken home by a host of exuberant friends.
The Weekly Mail, Saturday 6th September 1902